International
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EU delays mandate for businesses to curb supply chain deforestation
BRUSSELS, October 3, 2024 – The implementation of the EU’s Regulation on Deforestation-free Products [ EUDR ] will be delayed, following lobbying from nations such as Indonesia and practical challenges progressing policies…
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UN’s SHF moves to bolster participation of emerging economies in ongoing ISO/SIS process for global standards for menstrual products
GENEVA/STOCKHOLM, 2 October 2024 – The UN’s Sanitation and Hygiene Fund [SHF] is to give Swedish Institute for Standards [SIS] a grant of US$ 250,000 to support the participation of Low- and…
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UNDP partners with Government of Ecuador and Lavazza Foundation on deforestation-free coffee to protect forests
TORINO, October 2, 2024 – Ahead of International Coffee Day marked yesterday globally, the UN Development Programme [UNDP], the Government of Ecuador, and Lavazza Foundation partnered to launch deforestation-free coffee to help protect…
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U.S.A: Dairy associations join forces to create the Voice of Milk
WASHINGTON DC., October 1, 2024 — Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, Dairy Business Association [DBA], and Minnesota Milk Producers Association announced a new umbrella brand, the Voice of Milk, bringing together three dairy…
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Stakeholders call for US $3.6bln for affordable coop housing in New York City
NEW YORK, September 30, 2024 — A cooperative coalition of US organisations is calling on the Mayor of New York to dedicate US$ 3.6 billion to the development of affordable cooperative housing…
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Cannes, cooperatives and the story of India’s ‘White Revolution’
BRUSSELS, September 29, 2024 — Manthan – or The Churning – is a 1976 film that tells a fictionalised version of the beginnings of India’s dairy cooperative movement, and the ‘White Revolution’ that transformed…
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ICA Director General tours Asia ahead of ICA Global Cooperative Conference
BRUSSELS, September 28, 2024 — Douglas Jeroen took up the role of Director General at the International Cooperative Alliance [ ICA ] in January and has spent 2024 listening, learning and planning…
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M-KOPA reaches 5mln customers, unlocking US$ 1.5bln in credit across five markets
KAMPALA, September 25, 2024 — MP-KOPA, a leading emerging market fintech, announced that it has surpassed 5 million customers across Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. Two million of these customers…
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Meeting of Latin American researchers in cooperativism held
BRASILIA, September 20,2024 — The 13th Latin American Meeting of Researchers on Cooperativism [EILAC] brought together academics, researchers and leaders of the cooperative movement from across the region in Montevideo, including the…
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International tourist arrivals hit 96 percent of pre-pandemic levels through July 2024
KAMPALA, September 19, 2024 — According to the latest World Tourism Barometer by UN Tourism, around 790 million tourists travelled internationally in the first seven months of 2024, about 11 percent more…
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