RAJINIKAJU - Supply chain and ESG risk assessment of a cashew exporter
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Main goals
As part of its due diligence process, a Belgian investor conducted an initial environmental and social assessment focused on the industrial sites of a cashew nut exporter based in Côte d'Ivoire with whom a partnership is being considered. In order to obtain certain guarantees prior to the investment, Nitidæ was asked by the investor to conduct an assessment of the exporter's supply chain, particularly with regard to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks, traceability and sustainability practices.
Specific objectives
SO1. Identify the supply chain and key suppliers
SO2. Assess ESG risks at different levels of the supply chain
SO3. Analyse the mitigation measures implemented at this stage by the exporter
SO4. Compare practices with national legislation and IFC (International Finance Corporation) performance criteria
SO5. Propose a priority action plan
Related people
Odilon Chambers
As a geographer, specializing in rural development, he has been based in West Africa since 2016. First stationed in Mali on behalf of Luxembourg cooperation, he then joined the team in 2021. Hands-on man, he coordinates agricultural activities in the north of Côte d'Ivoire around cashew-food production systems, forest resources (shea), product labeling as well as environmental conservation around the Comoé National Park. It is also involved in specific studies on value-chain, traceability and marketing
Anne Meyer
Agroeconomist graduated from the Institut des Régions Chaudes (IRC) of the Institut Agro Montpellier and from EM LYON (MSc Management), she has been passionate about tropical agricultural value chains for more than twenty years. She has put her skills at the service of NGOs and cooperatives, but also of the FAO and the organic agri-food industry (Ecotone group). She joined the Nitidæ studies department in March 2024.
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