Solidaridad Network
Solidaridad Network
About

Solidaridad is an international network organisation with more than 20 years of experience in creating fair and sustainable supply chains from producer to consumer. Solidaridad believes that fair and sustainable trade reduces poverty and helps to preserve people's environment. 

Innovative and proactive

Solidaridad has developed into a specialized organization for sustainable development. It has a good track record as a force for innovation. Its development as a learning organization with the capacity to anticipate and respond to new developments and opportunities on the market is the hallmark of Solidaridad's organizational culture and strategy. 

Objectives

  • Strengthening producer organizations and civil society organizations in developing countries that are working on the sustainable development of their economy.
  • Involving companies, financial institutions and investors in developing supply chains with added value for producers, created through fair trade and corporate social responsibility.
  • Creating a support base for sustainable economic development in society, and among citizens and consumers in particular, through providing information. This involves raising awareness and changing behaviour in order to create new economic, political and cultural relations in both developing and developed countries. 

Mission

To combat structural poverty and to promote peace and justice. A mission that sustainable economic development can go a long way towards fulfilling. Solidaridad's programme is based on the following convictions:

  • There is only one Earth, and it is our task to look after it for our children.
  • Poverty is degrading and should be eradicated from the world.
  • The balance between 'growth' and 'distribution' can only be preserved if the poor themselves are the agents of development. 

Vision

Solidaridad is inspired by the vision that sustainable production in agriculture and industry, combined with fair trade in the products of these activities, can make a significant contribution to combating poverty and preserving people's environment, in the context of a globalizing economy. Creating a living wage and humane working conditions for people in developing countries provides the basis for a decent existence and the conditions for putting a stop to the wholesale theft of scarce natural resources. 

 

Organization Activities

Solidaridad works on creating sustainable supply chains from the producer to the consumer. This enables producers in developing countries to get a better price for better products and it helps to preserve people's environment. It helps companies in the marketplace to implement Corporate Social Responsibility and find sustainable suppliers.

 

The organization’s worldwide network of expertise centres closely collaborates with local partners. Together they deliver the following services:

 

Services to producers

  • Training farmers in farming techniques that have less negative impact on people and the environment and lead to better products and higher yields.
  • Supporting producer organizations through capacity building and organizational strengthening.
  • Assisting producer organizations to get access to means of production, finance and markets.
  • Supporting agricultural producer organizations and industrial producer companies to qualify for social and environmental certification standards.

 

Services to companies

  • Support companies to implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) and source sustainably in developing countries.
  • Develop sustainable business concepts in order to broaden the marketplace for sustainable products from developing countries.
  • Support the marketing of sustainable products and communication about CSR to better inform consumers and business partners.

 

Other services

  • Developing certification initiatives for sustainable production and fair trade (such as Fair Trade and UTZ CERTIFIED).
  • Supporting civil society organizations that empower women, farmers or employees, as well as organizations that protect nature and the environment.
  • Seeking dialogue with stakeholders and the public using our network, knowledge, experience and views on sustainable economic development and corporate social responsibility.
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Experience

Contract Awards
WASH and Shelter Support for Winter Resilience
EC - Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
Seasonal Food Assistance and Emergency Response for Populations Impacted by the Security Crisis and Climate Hazards
EC - Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
Multisectoral Emergency Program for the Benefit of Populations Living in Landlocked Areas and People Affected by Shocks
EC - Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
Multisectoral Emergency Response to Cover the Priority Needs of the Most Vulnerable Populations
EC - Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
Emergency Assistance to Nigerien Populations Affected by the Conflict
EC - Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
Improving Access to Drinking Water
EC - Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
Response to Critical WASH Needs of Crisis Affected Populations
EC - Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
Emergency WASH Assistance to Vulnerable Populations Affected by the Floods
EC - Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
Post-RRM Response for Displaced Populations Most Vulnerable to Food and Nutritional Insecurity
EC - Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
Hooves for Sustainability Project
Helmsley Charitable Trust

Company Offices

  • Argentina
  • Buenos Aires
  • Federico Lacroze 1820, 1er Piso Depto A y B Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires
  • China
  • Beijing
  • Room 1407, Building A, New World Plaza, Chongwen District
  • Ghana
  • Accra
  • Hse No. 40 Sir Arku Korsah Road, Airport West
  • Guatemala
  • Guatemala City
  • 15 Avenida 13-45, Zona 10, Oakland Guatemala-Ciudad
  • India
  • New Delhi
  • 1st Floor, A-5, Shankar Garden Main Najafgarh Road, Vikas Puri
  • Kenya
  • Nairobi
  • Kilimani Business Centre Kirichwa Road, off Argwings Kodhek Road P.O. Box 675-0618, Ruaraka
  • Netherlands (headquarters)
  • Utrecht
  • International Secretariat 't Goylaan 15
  • Peru
  • Lima
  • Av. Roosevelt Nº 5866 Miraflores
  • South Africa
  • Johannesburg
  • 105 Oxford Road Saxonwold
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