New sales figures of Ecological food products has come out in Sweden for 2016 and sales or ecological (organic farmed and produced) products increased by some 18% in Sweden last year. Actually this is less then we expected and the best selling ecological food product is wine. Last year in Sweden the sales revenue for […]
New partnership for cocoa from Ivory Coast to Scandinavia
B-Open Nordic in Sweden and the African Chamber of Commerce in Scandinavia (ACCS) have join forces in a partnership to represent Farmers Cooperative in the Ivory Coast looking for partners and buyers in the Scandinavian market interested in quality certified cocoa beans. The Ivory Coast, Côte d’Ivoire, is often called the “Jewel of West Africa” […]
NEW COFFEE INITIATIVE IN EAST AFRICA
Coffee is a very important crop and commodity in East Africa. It is estimated that some 850.000 up to 1 million households in Rwanda and Uganda alone grow coffee and for many of these households coffee is the only source of cash income. The Archbishop of Kampala, Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, have joined forces with […]
Welcome to Uganda, special event in Stockholm for people in tourism and hospitality
On behalf of the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in the Nordic countries we want to pass on this special invitation. There are exciting and unique travel destinaton and tourism opportunities in Uganda that you need to explore. The Embassy of Uganda in Nordic will arrange a special visit for travel and tour agents […]
The coffee trend in East Africa could create 1 million new jobs in Uganda alone
No doubt is the agricultural sector in many countries in Africa an untapped sector for real economic progress and job creation. When we have been travelling in East Africa (for example) we can see many producers of high quality agricultural products such as coffee, tea, fruit and more that have a hard time to reach […]
Sustainable housing for many, Sweden now build 6 floor high mulihome building all in wooden
Västerås is a nice medium size city in Sweden some 1.5 hour drive from Stockholm. We can today read from a press release that the building company Mimer has today announced they have started to give out keys to the first customers who are ready to move in to Västerås highest wooden houses that have […]
ECO grow your business in Europe
For a long time have been taught that ecological food is better than conventional produced food as conventional means that the producers have over the years used more and more pesticides and more fertilizers to create a more cost effective food production. Some researchers say the positive effect of organic (ecological) food and food production […]
Can you show your CSR investment and work in the balance sheet?
Our company took part in an interesting conversation with some people from large Swedish Enterprises about CSR (corporate social responsibility) work and if you really can measure the value for how much you invest in CSR or not? I am sure there are papers and thesis that can show ways to measure it but for […]
Midsummer show how important ecological and fair trade has become in Sweden
Midsummer shopping shows us how important ecological and fair traded goods are to consumers in Scandinavia. Tomorrow we here in Sweden will celebrate Midsummer, a very important holiday that are included mention in early Icelandic (Viking) tales but also written about by the priest and diplomat Olaus Magnus in 1555 as he describes this holiday […]
Swedish enterprises best in the World for sustainable business
We could yesterday read that WWF together with Pesticide Action Network (PAN) and Solidaridad released a report mention Swedish IKEA and H&M as some of the best in the world for sustainable cotton business even if WWF find room for further improvement. The top brand singled out in the report was IKEA, C&A and H&M […]