The Sustainable Sourcing Programme for Vegetables has recently expanded into another country: Ukraine. Our new partner there, Yuriy Kravchenko, writes about his first visit to a local tomato supplier.

The covid-19 pandemic challenged the ways we used to collaborate with each other. We learned that we need to adapt and change our ways of working if we want to keep making a difference and support the transition to a more sustainable future.

According to the latest UN report, “the average abundance of native species in most major land-based habitats has fallen by at least 20%, mostly since 1900.

We continue with our pilot study on minimum wages, in-kind payment and child labour in chili production areas, and we were able to resume our field work after the covid 19 travel restrictions were eased in India.