SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
SUSTAINABLE NUT INITIATIVE
Alphonsa Cashew Industries reaffirms its commitment to sustainability by partnering with Sustainable Nut Initiative to promote a sustainable and responsible cashew value chain.
Our commitment towards building a sustainable and responsible cashew value chain is deeply inspired by our value system and a principles-based approach to doing business. After joining UN Global Compact, we partnered with the Sustainable Nut Initiative in 2020 to work with other industry stakeholders on a pre-competitive platform.
About Sustainable Nut Initiative
The Sustainable Nut Initiative (SNI) is a cooperation platform for the nut sector. All links of the supply chain are represented. SNI’s aim is to bring the nut sector to a higher level in terms of professionality, sustainability and quality. With the support of IDH and FairMatch Support, SNI was founded in 2015 by a number of front running private sector parties. They shared the deep-rooted desire to improve the circumstances in nut producing countries and work towards sustainable supply chains.
SNI members take their responsibility to address sustainability issues in the production and processing of the nuts and contribute to the development of producing regions, often in developing countries.
SNI’s Leading Principles
Transparency and traceability are a crucial first step towards further professionalisation and sustainability in the nut sector.
Strengthened linkages in the chain are an important asset for future-proof supply chains.
Vendor development is a responsibility of downstream companies in the supply chain.
Development of local processing should be supported.
A mainstream, scalable approach is needed to make a sector transition possible.
Focus on a traceable value chain
SNI’s focus is on enhancing traceability along the entire chain, stimulating the use of data to make smart interventions and strengthening farm-firm relations. Our ownership or active presence in every stage of the cashew value chain enables us to develop transparent sourcing networks with full case-level traceability to the raw cashew source.
Empowering the First-mile
We realise that supporting smallholders and subsistence farmers alone are not enough. It has become clear that supporting the smallest scale farmers requires taking clear actions based on data analytics. The focus has to be on both farm production and the linkages between that production and wider markets along with other sustainability metrics.
Sustainable Nut Initiative is supported by IDH and Fairmatch Support.
The Sustainable Trade Initiative
IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative, with headquarters in the Netherlands brings governments, companies, CSOs and financiers together in action driven coalitions. IDH brings together the powers of law, of entrepreneurship and investments to work together to create solutions for global sustainability issues at scale.
IDH is supported and endorsed by multiple European governments, including institutional donors: BUZA (The Netherlands) SECO (Switzerland) and DANIDA (Denmark). Other donors and funders are (e.g.) NICFI (Norway). DFID (UK), USAID (US), Rockefeller, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
FairMatch Support
FairMatch Support (FMS) was founded in 2007 with the objective to create new opportunities in developing sustainable supply chains ‘from field to fork’. Over the past 13 years FMS gained extensive experience in developing, improving and expanding sustainable and future proof value chains in developing countries. FMS has created their own approach resulting in tangible improvements in a range of supply chains like cocoa, nuts, fruits and vegetables.
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