Collaborative Transformation

IDH and its partners have spent the last 10 years learning the art of collaborative transformation, accumulating tacit knowledge on what works and what doesn’t to make change within the complexity of international trade. This book distills their insights, presenting 5 dimensions that are critical for stakeholders to attend to while working toward sustainability. To break down this complexity and to make it concrete, IDH gives examples from their partnerships involving a wide range of industries: from cotton to tea to cocoa. They show that collaborative transformations are not only possible: they hold the key to our shared future.

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“This book is a wonderful example of stubborn optimism. It presents an intriguing model for enabling sustainability transitions within international value chains based on 5 carefully elucidated underlying dimensions. The model is complemented with useful examples from IDH’s first-hand experience working in facilitating transitions toward sustainability. The conceptual analysis is not limited to trade, however, and can be applied to other complex issues that are also kaleidoscopic in nature.”

Christiana Figueres