Should your company export to the EU? – 6 key opportunities and assumptions to consider

  Exporting to the EU or other international markets can be a great business idea for your company, but this will require an initial investment and a good understanding of why your company should export. Do you know if your company should export to the EU or other international markets? Is it really a good business idea for your products? Watch our 5-minute video and learn about some assumptions and opportunities for companies that want to export to international markets. Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k79dxTnQRQQ   6 key opportunities and assumptions to consider First of all, the decision to [Read more]

2021-05-03T13:56:30+00:00April 29th, 2021|
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Boosting sustainable and equitable trade of Jatamansi

  Sustainable and equitable trade of Jatamansi For the last three years, ProFound´s consultant Jolanda van Hal worked together with our partners TRAFFIC International and ANSAB on the project “Succeeding with CITES: Sustainable and equitable trade of Jatamansi from Nepal”. This project, funded by the Darwin Initiative through the UK Government, just came to an end. Time to reflect on it and share its main achievements. About Jatamansi Jatamansi (Nardostachys grandiflora) only grows naturally in the Himalayan range, mainly in Nepal, India and China. The root of this plant is used in traditional medicine. Its essential oil is also [Read more]

2021-11-25T07:13:38+00:00April 22nd, 2021|
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Clients

ProFound's clients ProFound provides professional support to organisations and programmes dealing with sustainable development and trade promotion in developing countries. Our clients range from governmental institutions, NGOs and foundations to Business Support Organisations and private businesses.   BioTrade Initiative The UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative promotes sustainable BioTrade in support of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity through a unique portfolio of regional and country programmes.  ProFound has been involved with UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative since its launch. ProFound was implicated in the development of tools and systems, design and implementation of country [Read more]

2020-10-16T14:27:52+00:00July 3rd, 2020|
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Biofach 2020 – Organic Africa Pavilion

During BioFach 2020, the Organic Africa Pavilion hosted 22 companies and organisations representing more than 17 African countries. We are very happy that our exhibitors evaluated two thirds of our their business leads as important. In addition, ProFound has been very busy during the fair, and not only at the Organic Africa Pavilion. “I have been to BioFach before just as a visitor, but I have to say that this is 20 times better because totally unexpected people can find you.”  Hilary Sommerlatte, Arbor Oils of Africa, exhibitor from Kenya / Frankincense oil A lot of interest for African products [Read more]

2020-03-04T16:23:52+00:00February 26th, 2020|
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Towards Fairwild certified Jatamansi; ProFound’s participation in the project

ProFound’s consultant Jolanda van Hal just returned from a mission to Nepal for the project “Succeeding with CITES: Sustainable and equitable Jatamansi trade from Nepal”. A good time to reflect on activities and developments in the past months. As a reminder: In this project funded by the Darwin Initiative, we are working with ANSAB, the Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources and TRAFFIC International. One of the project aims is to produce FairWild certified Jatamansi by the end of 2020.  Pre-audit assessment for the Jatamansi harvesting In order to see how far the project still has to go [Read more]

2021-11-25T07:13:40+00:00February 6th, 2020|
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Upcoming activities in Q2

Amsterdam 17-19 April: introducing 21 exporters to the cosmetic market From 17-19 April you can find us at "in-cosmetics" in Amsterdam, the global trade fair for cosmetic ingredients. Visit CBI stand A30 to find business opportunities with 18 exporters from South Africa, Peru and Colombia. They will present a wide range of cosmetic ingredients, including luxurious oils, exquisite fragrances and innovative botanical extracts.  We will introduce three companies from Nepal and Tunisia to potential buyers during a selling mission, together with the Import Promotion Desk. These producers of organic essential and vegetable oils will visit the in-cosmetics trade fair. After the [Read more]

2020-03-04T13:35:21+00:00March 29th, 2018|
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