Driving Resilient and Sustainable Value Chains at Scale
We help organisations move beyond commitments toward credible, measurable, and scalable outcomes — partnering with businesses, investors, and multilaterals across four continents.
Who We Are
We translate sustainability commitments into credible, measurable, and scalable outcomes.
IDH Solutions is a social enterprise combining global strategic capabilities with genuine on-the-ground expertise — partnering with businesses, investors, and multilaterals across four continents to build value chains that are resilient, inclusive, and future-fit.
Implementation Experience
Active in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America with deep local presence and in-country teams — delivering on the ground, not just on paper.
Partnership Convening
Aligning buyers, suppliers, governments, CSOs, and financial actors around shared goals — building coalitions that create systemic change at scale.
Proven Tools & Methods
From diagnostic to implementation: roadmaps, assessments, and programme management frameworks refined across hundreds of engagements worldwide.
Deep Sector Expertise
From farm fields to factory lines — apparel, food, agriculture, and beyond. Sector knowledge that turns global commitments into actionable change.
Our Approach & How We Work
From Insight to Impact
We blend strategic rigour with hands-on delivery — meeting partners where they are and accelerating their path to lasting, scalable change.
Practical & Adaptable
Solutions grounded in real operating contexts, shaped to your sector and stage of readiness.
Stakeholder-Centred
Building ownership and long-term capability at every level of the value chain.
Evidence-Led
Rigorous data-driven methods and defensible metrics underpin every decision we make.
Built to Scale
Designed for replication from day one — from focused pilots to sector-wide transformation.
Evidence-Based Decisions
Diagnostics and value chain assessments that give you the full picture before acting.
Capability Building
Training, tools, and systems that outlast our engagement and sustain performance.
Coordination & Alignment
Convening brands, suppliers, governments, and financiers around shared priorities.
Scale Proven Solutions
Moving from proof-of-concept to systemic, sector-wide transformation programmes.
Our Services
Six service lines — practical, modular, scalable
Addressing the full complexity of value chain sustainability — from decent work and living wages to platform governance, investment facilitation, and programme delivery.
Decent Work & Responsible Production
Evidence-driven interventions creating safe and empowering workplaces with measurable, continuous improvement.
- Living Wage capacity building and Salary Matrix development
- Data-driven Living Wage Gap Assessment and closure roadmap
- Supplier and stakeholder engagement strategy
- Salary Matrix tool and ongoing data analysis
Resilient & Inclusive Value Chains
We build value chains that withstand disruption and create equitable outcomes for producers, workers, and communities.
- Value chain mapping and vulnerability assessment
- Inclusive sourcing strategies and supplier development
- Climate risk integration into supply chain design
- Traceability systems and transparency frameworks
MSI Platform Management
We convene and manage multi-stakeholder initiatives — aligning diverse partners to execute sector-level sustainability commitments.
- SIFAV — Sustainable Initiative for Fruits and Vegetables
- SSI — Sustainable Spices Initiative
- The Sustainable Juice Covenant
- LABS — Life and Building Safety Initiative
- SVI — Sustainable Vanilla Initiative
Technical Assistance Facility
We accelerate investment-ready, high-impact project pipelines across the full project and fund manager lifecycle.
- Pre-investment: bankability and investment readiness
- Post-investment: de-risking and amplifying business metrics
- Cross-industry knowledge capture and dissemination
- Defensible impact monitoring and reporting metrics
Sustainability Standards & Due Diligence
Supporting companies to meet mandatory and voluntary sustainability requirements with lifecycle compliance and extended supply chain accountability.
- Standard frameworks adaptable to specific value chains
- Extended value chain mapping and supplier engagement
- Assessment, corrective action planning, and remediation
- Technical assistance, monitoring, and compliance reporting
Programme Management — Delivery Unit
Structured programme management from initial set-up through handover or ongoing oversight — robust governance and measurable delivery.
- Transition service: start-up, systems, governance handover (4–6 months)
- Ongoing programme oversight: governance, IP management, MEL
- Multi-country delivery: shared services and workforce management
Our Experience
Featured initiatives & case studies
Proven at scale across sectors and geographies — from factory safety in Asia to living wage programmes across global supply chains.
LABS — Life and Building Safety Initiative
Sector-wide factory safety across Tier 1 & 2 apparel suppliers in India, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia.
Advancing Living Wage Across Unilever’s Supply Chain
Bespoke training and engagement content for Unilever's priority suppliers across seven countries.
Living Wage Digital Curriculum — UN Global Compact
End-to-end digital learning academy to drive living-wage implementation across global supply chains.
Banana Retail Commitment on Living Wage
Pioneering multi-retailer framework for living wage implementation across the banana supply chain.
Women’s Safety Accelerator
Improving workplace safety for women across apparel and agriculture supply chains in multiple countries.
Our Team
The people behind the impact
Our team combines deep sector knowledge, global reach, and hands-on delivery experience to turn ambitious sustainability goals into measurable results.
Global experience in sustainable sourcing, supply chain transformation and operations.
Chanda@idhtrade.org
Specialising in complex programme design, technology innovation consulting and technology design.
sundaram@idhtrade.org
Experienced in sustainable supply chains, retail operations, and landscape action connecting stakeholders globally.
vanson@idhtrade.org
Driving social and environmental sustainability, think-tank work, and multi-stakeholder initiatives.
arribas@idhtrade.org
Experienced in project management, service design and journey mapping, driving stakeholder analysis and alignment.
leung@idhtrade.org
Background in responsible business and economics, social sustainability, and global value chains.
vanleeuwen@idhtrade.org
Development economist and human rights specialist leveraging data science to architect living wage solutions.
gene@idhtrade.orgClients & Partners
Trusted by leading organisations across sectors
Partnering with companies, civil society, and multilateral institutions to build practical, market-based solutions.
Jumbo
Lidl
Netto
DekaMarkt
Colruyt
Aldi Süd
Morrisons
Coop
ASDA
Marks & Spencer
Sainsbury’s
Tesco
John Lewis
Superunie
Gap Inc.
Nike
Target
VF Corporation
Walmart
Amazon
Unilever
Hunkemöller
INGKA
HEMA
Wilmar
Innospec
UN Global Compact
GIZ
RVO
WBCSDUN Global CompactGIZRVOWBCSDLet’s Work Together
Achieving meaningful sustainability impact takes the right partnerships
Share your ambitions and challenges with us — we’ll co-create solutions tailored to your context and designed for scale.
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Ready to take the next step?
We work with businesses, investors, and multilaterals ready to move from sustainability commitments to credible, scalable action.