• Foundation

IDH – the Sustainable Trade Initiative

IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative is an organization (foundation) that works with businesses, financiers, governments and civil society to realize sustainable trade in global value chains. They believe that action-driven coalitions will drive impact on the Sustainable Development Goals and create value for all.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

Organization Programs

Indonesia: National Initiatives for Sustainable & Climate Smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NISCOPS), Improving Climate Change Resilience of Coffee Production

Vietnam: Coffee Production and Climate Change, Mekong Basin Agri-Climate Approach

  • Investment Instruments

    • Equity
    • Quasi-Equity
    • Debt
    • Grant
    • Guarantees

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture
    • Ecotourism and Conservation
    • Sustainable Forestry and Reforestation

  • Services

    • Conduct research on the sector to disseminate publicly (such as an entrepreneurship research report)
    • Host events for entrepreneurs or entrepreneur support intermediaries
    • Manage an incubator or provide co-working space for entrepreneurs
    • Invest or provide direct financial support to SGBs or entrepreneurs
    • Run an accelerator program
    • Provide financial support to entrepreneur-support intermediaries
    • Invest into funds targeting small and growing businesses (SGBs) or entrepreneurs

  • Nonfinancial Services

    • Capacity development services
    • Market linkages
    • Investment linkages

  • Capacity development services

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Performance or impact measurement and management support
    • Value/supply chain development
    • Support on governance structure

  • Market linkages services

    • Access to new markets/customers
    • Meeting product standards

  • Investment linkages services

    • Access to information/research
    • Pitch readiness
    • Technical support on term sheets or investment structuring
    • Access to investors

  • Program online

    • Hybrid

  • Focus Tech

    • Some of my programming is exclusive to tech-enabled businesses

  • Focus Population

    • Rural entrepreneurs
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Women entrepreneurs
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