Sustainable sector transformation – why is it important, what is it, and how can you achieve it? Aidenvironment presents a theory and practical guidelines to better understand complex systems and develop strategies for contributing to systemic changes and sector transformation.

Aidenvironment has been conducting research on the child labour free zone approach, on coffee in Uganda. A comparison was made of the cost-effectiveness of implementing this approach and other (less intensive) approaches of addressing child labour. The following results have recently been published by Rainforest Alliance.

To support existing and new agribusiness initiatives in their aim to become more inclusive, Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation and Aidenvironment have developed a tool called the Inclusive Trade Scan.

Since 2019, Aidenvironment together with Ethics at Work has been conducting child labour risk assessments on behalf of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) / Fund against Child Labour (FBK). The support provided has contributed to success stories of companies that are serious about ending child labour in global supply chains.

ISEAL, the global organization for sustainability systems and accreditation bodies, and Aidenvironment have developed a guide to designing effective strategies for sustainability initiatives based on the global, national, or local context in which they are applied.

Aidenvironment facilitated a meta-analysis which unraveled the different drivers of sector transformation with a focus on the aquaculture, dairy and horticulture sectors in Kenya. The summary brochure of this meta-analysis shows the 3R systems framework that was used and the resulting practical suggestions to support the transition, thus bringing together the results of the 3R Kenya studies.

The Integrated Seed Sector Development program in Ethiopia (ISSD Ethiopia) used Aidenvironment’s sector transformation model in a case study on guiding transformation of the national seed sector. The lessons learned: embrace systemic change, manage not only adaptively but inclusively, and invest in social capital.