Market Readiness Workshop Series

Market Readiness Webinar Series Market Readiness Online Workshop - 2023 Edition Getting started with international trade and understanding the export market THE PROGRAM Week 1 EXPORT MARKETING STRATEGY Market research for business development Company gap analysis Internationalisation strategy Week 2 QUEST FOR BUYERS Customer journey of buyers Documentation requirements Quoting, pricing, and finding buyers Week 3 COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS Food safety Good manufacturing practices Getting your product market ready Week 4 NON-LEGAL COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS Insights into buyer expectations Social certification for competitive edge Logistics [Read more]

2023-06-07T09:24:11+00:00March 21st, 2023|

Meet Arbor Oils of Africa – Frankincense and Myrrh essential oils exporter at the Organic Africa Pavilion 2022

In this article, we want to introduce you to Arbor Oils, producer of organic Frankincense and Myrrh essential oils from wild harvested gums. Arbor Oils will be co-exhibiting at the Organic Africa Pavilion at BioFach 2022. BioFach will take place in Nuremberg Germany from the 26nd to the 29th of July this year. About Arbor Oils Arbor Oils of Africa produces steam distilled, certified organic frankincense and myrrh essential oils from wild harvested gums. These are collected by pastoralist women in the semi deserts of north Kenya. Their philosophy holds: (a) to ensure sustainable harvest of [Read more]

2022-07-18T11:21:19+00:00July 18th, 2022|

Story: BioTrade development in Southeast Asia

  BioTrade Development in South East Asia      Severe biodiversity loss in South East Asia We believe BioTrade development is key in Southeast Asia. Loss of biodiversity is a worldwide threat. However, in Southeast Asia deforestation rates are critically endangering the region’s biodiversity even though this region houses six of the world’s 25 biodiversity hotspots. Biodiversity is vital to the livelihoods of communities. The sustainable use of biodiversity resources is important for both long-term economic development and the future of our planet. Biodiverse ecosystems also provide water and soil retention and pollination. [Read more]

2021-12-06T11:26:12+00:00April 20th, 2021|

Biodiversity coffee from Myanmar

In November and December 2019, ProFound experts Geertje Otten and Bert-Jan Ottens travelled to Myanmar for a range of activities. They visited actors in sustainable business development, such as SNV, World Bank, Helvetas, ZOA, Solidaridad, WHH and FCA. In Taungoo, they had an exciting 2-day training with a team of SNV and ZOA. The training was geared to a multi-stakeholder platform of farmers and relevant actors working towards the sustainable and value-added supply of cardamom and curcumin.  Another focus of the trip to Myanmar was a project on biodiversity coffee. Nathalie Manac’h from Nat Coffee and Bert-Jan Otten [Read more]

2020-07-23T07:40:28+00:00January 17th, 2020|

NI-CheckApp

NI-CHECKAPP: ONE STOP COMPLIANCE TOOL The NI-CheckApp saves time and costs in the natural ingredients value chain The NI-CheckApp is the one-stop compliance tool for the natural ingredients value chain. It is the tool for documentation, compliance, guidance and sustainability. Designed for both suppliers and buyers, this tool makes traceability and sustainability of production chains easier and more affordable. It saves up to 30% of annual inspection time and reduces the necessary documentation and administration for combined certification by over 50%. The tool solves a two-fold problematic in the supply chain of natural ingredients: Suppliers of natural [Read more]

2023-05-08T08:58:03+00:00February 1st, 2018|

ProFound launches certification tool at BioFach 2017

Our tool for faster and cheaper certification of sustainable natural ingredients During BioFach 2017, we launched our integrated certification tool for suppliers of wild-collected natural ingredients. This tool helps suppliers to assess and certify their supply chains according to multiple sustainability standards at the same time. It includes all protocols to comply with international standards and certifications such as Good Agricultural Collection Practices (GACP), organic, FairWild and fair trade. Each standard demands different documentation sets, but these often overlap. “Certification is a costly and dreading process for suppliers. We designed this tool to make the certification process cheaper and more convenient for suppliers in emerging [Read more]

2018-01-26T10:20:41+00:00February 22nd, 2017|

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