Value Chain Transformation

Driving Resilient and Sustainable Value Chains at Scale

A mission-driven social enterprise

We help organisations move beyond commitments toward credible, measurable, and scalable outcomes — partnering with businesses, investors, and multilaterals across four continents.

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4
Continents of operation

Who We Are

Strategic insight. Ground-level delivery.

IDH Solutions is a social enterprise combining global strategic capabilities with genuine on-the-ground expertise. We partner with businesses, investors, and multilaterals to build value chains that are resilient, inclusive, and future-fit — translating sustainability commitments into credible, measurable outcomes.

Implementation experience

Active in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America with deep local presence and in-country teams.

Partnership convening

Aligning buyers, suppliers, governments, CSOs, and financial actors around shared goals.

Proven tools & methods

From diagnostic to implementation: roadmaps, assessments, and programme management that deliver.

Deep sector expertise

From farm fields to factory lines — apparel, food, agriculture, and beyond.

700+Supply chain partners
1.2M+Workers reached
~214KWomen workers trained
60+Companies engaged

Our Approach

Four principles that guide every engagement

We blend strategic insight with hands-on delivery to drive real market transformation — meeting partners where they are and accelerating their path to change.

Practical & Adaptable

Solutions grounded in real operating contexts, not just theory.

Stakeholder-Centred

Building ownership and long-term capability at every level of the value chain.

Evidence-Led

Rigorous, data-driven methods and defensible metrics that underpin every decision we make.

Built to Scale

From pilots to multi-country, sector-level transformation.

How We Work

Modular services. Integrated impact.

Each service can be deployed standalone or combined into a broader transformation programme — always tailored to your ambition and context.

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Evidence-based decisions

Robust diagnostics and insight that enable confident action.

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Capability building

Strengthening internal and ecosystem capacity for sustained performance.

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Coordination & alignment

Convening brands, suppliers, governments, and financiers around shared priorities.

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Scale proven solutions

Moving from proof-of-concept to systemic, sector-wide transformation.

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.

Service 01

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
Featured Initiative
Banana Retail Commitment on Living Wage
Service 02

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
Service 03

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
Active Platforms
5 sector platforms under management
Service 04

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
Full cycle coverage
Concept → Feasibility → Investment → Implementation
Service 05

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 and countries
  • Extended value chain mapping and supplier engagement
  • Assessment, corrective action planning, and remediation support
  • Technical assistance, monitoring, and compliance reporting
Service 06

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, and governance handover (4–6 months)
  • Ongoing programme oversight: governance, IP management, MEL
  • Multi-country delivery: shared services, learning, 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.

Life & Building Safety

LABS — Life and Building Safety Initiative

Coordinating sector-wide action on fire, electrical, and structural safety across Tier 1 and Tier 2 apparel suppliers in India, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia — bringing leading brands together for systemic, lasting change.

700+
Supply chain partners
1,515
Safety trainings
1.2M+
Workers reached
250+
Factories graduated

Scope & Impact

LABS assesses factories against a harmonised international safety standard, reducing audit duplication, sharing cost across member brands, and building lasting in-country safety capacity across four Asian production hubs.

ApparelFootwearIndiaVietnamCambodiaIndonesiaWorker Safety
LAB
Multi-brand initiative
Gap, Nike, VF Corp, Walmart & others
Gender & Worker Safety

Women’s Safety Accelerator

Improving workplace safety for women — partnering with brands, producers, and local organisations to identify risks, strengthen prevention and response systems, and turn gender commitments into concrete action.

~214K
Women workers trained
505K+
Community members reached
60+
Companies engaged
290+
Factories reached

Approach

Through on-ground interventions and shared learning, the programme identifies gender-based risks, strengthens grievance and support mechanisms, and builds safer, more inclusive workplaces. Interventions are co-designed with local partners to ensure cultural relevance and lasting ownership.

Gender EqualityApparelAgricultureMulti-country
WSA
Women’s Safety Accelerator
Multi-stakeholder programme
Decent Work · Living Wage

Banana Retail Commitment on Living Wage

Bringing together major European retailers to commit to and implement living wages throughout the banana supply chain — a pioneering multi-retailer approach to closing the living wage gap through collective action.

15+
Retailers committed
Multi
Country programme

Programme Design

IDH Solutions designed and manages a collaborative framework enabling retailers to make credible, verifiable commitments on living wages for banana workers — including gap assessment, roadmap development, supplier engagement, and transparent progress reporting.

BananasFresh ProduceLiving WageRetail
BRC
Banana Retail Commitment
Multi-retailer · IDH Solutions managed
Living Wage · Digital Learning

Living Wage Digital Curriculum — UN Global Compact

We created UNGC’s learning strategy and digital academy to drive living-wage implementation across global supply chains — informing practical action-planning for companies and their suppliers worldwide.

15
Companies consulted
Global
Supply chain reach

Deliverables

IDH Solutions designed UNGC’s end-to-end digital learning experience: learning strategy, module architecture, content development, and supplier action-planning tools — bridging the gap between policy commitment and practical implementation.

Living WageDigital AcademyGlobal Supply Chains
UN
UN Global Compact
Technical advisory & content development
Living Wage · Supplier Capability

Advancing Living Wage Across Unilever’s Supply Chain

We created living wage content and training to introduce the Living Wage and Living Wage Partner approach to Unilever’s priority suppliers across seven priority countries.

7
Priority countries
Tier 1+
Supplier reach

Programme Design

IDH Solutions designed and delivered bespoke training and engagement content tailored to Unilever’s global supplier base — building understanding of living wage concepts, gap assessment methodology, and a practical roadmap for supplier engagement and progress tracking.

Consumer GoodsLiving WageSupplier TrainingMulti-country
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Unilever
Advisory & training programme

Clients & Partners

Trusted by leading organisations across sectors

Partnering with companies, civil society, and multilateral institutions to build practical, market-based solutions that strengthen value chains and create inclusive, sustainable impact.

Retail & Food
JJumbo
LLidl
NNetto
DDirk
DKDekaMarkt
CColruyt
ALAldi Süd
MMorrisons
COCoop
AASDA
MSMarks & Spencer
SBSainsbury’s
TTesco
JLJohn Lewis
SUSuperunie
Apparel & Consumer Goods
GAPGap Inc.
NNike
TTarget
VFVF Corporation
WWalmart
AMAmazon
UUnilever
HKHunkemöller
ININGKA
JBJust Brands
HHEMA
WIWilmar
ISInnospec
SSPSSP
Multilaterals & Institutions
UNUN Global Compact
GIZGIZ
RVORVO
WBWBCSD
UNUN Global Compact
GIZGIZ
RVORVO
WBWBCSD

Let’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.

Contact Us

Ready to take the next step?

We work with businesses, investors, and multilaterals ready to move from sustainability commitments to credible, scalable action. Reach out — we’d love to explore how we can help.

Minu Sundaram
Director, IDH Solutions
sundaram@idhtrade.org idhtrade.org
Jessica Leung
Manager, IDH Solutions
leung@idhtrade.org idhtrade.org
General Enquiries
IDH Solutions Team
info@idhsolutions.com idhtrade.org