Economic history of the Netherlands

Fairtrade Launches its First Living Income Reference Prices for Colombian Coffee

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

According to Fairtrades analysis, the current market prices in Colombia exceed the new Living Income Reference Prices, but are not guaranteed to last, with farmers bearing the brunt of the uncertainty.

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  • According to Fairtrades analysis, the current market prices in Colombia exceed the new Living Income Reference Prices, but are not guaranteed to last, with farmers bearing the brunt of the uncertainty.
  • The recommended Fairtrade Living Income Reference Price for conventional coffee is 9,900 Colombian pesos (equivalent of approximately US $2.75) per kilogram of dried parchment coffee, and 11,000 pesos (US $3.06) per kilogram for organic.
  • Recognizing the different living income benchmarks available for Colombia, Fairtrade has also defined a range of Living Income Reference Prices for Colombian coffee, with the lower end of this range set at 8,570 pesos per kg and 9,500 pesos per kg for conventional and organic coffee, respectively.
  • The specific calculations used to establish the Fairtrade Living Income Reference Prices for coffee in Colombia are detailed in an explanatory note, available here .

Fairtrade Launches Global 'Bitter Sweet' Campaign To Unwrap A Fairer Future For Cocoa Farmers

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Friday, July 2, 2021

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Fairtrade has unveiled a new global campaign, Bitter Sweet, featuring a stop-motion animation, "Unwrap a Fairer Future," that literally unwraps the bitter truth behind unethical cocoa sourcing practices by some major chocolate manufacturers.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, July 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Fairtrade has unveiled a new global campaign, Bitter Sweet, featuring a stop-motion animation, "Unwrap a Fairer Future," that literally unwraps the bitter truth behind unethical cocoa sourcing practices by some major chocolate manufacturers.
  • ''Unwrap a Fairer Future" is a specially commissioned campaign film designed to show how choosing Fairtrade chocolate can change the lives of cocoa farmers.
  • Produced by Fairtrade in collaboration with Niels Hoebers, the stop-motion animation tells the story of two bespoke bars of chocolate.
  • The campaign will culminate with the debut of the "Unwrap a Fairer Future" animation on World Chocolate Day, July 7, 2021.

Fairtrade Launches Global 'Bitter Sweet' Campaign To Unwrap A Fairer Future For Cocoa Farmers

Retrieved on: 
Friday, July 2, 2021

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Fairtrade has unveiled a new global campaign, Bitter Sweet, featuring a stop-motion animation, "Unwrap a Fairer Future," that literally unwraps the bitter truth behind unethical cocoa sourcing practices by some major chocolate manufacturers.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, July 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Fairtrade has unveiled a new global campaign, Bitter Sweet, featuring a stop-motion animation, "Unwrap a Fairer Future," that literally unwraps the bitter truth behind unethical cocoa sourcing practices by some major chocolate manufacturers.
  • ''Unwrap a Fairer Future" is a specially commissioned campaign film designed to show how choosing Fairtrade chocolate can change the lives of cocoa farmers.
  • Produced by Fairtrade in collaboration with Niels Hoebers, the stop-motion animation tells the story of two bespoke bars of chocolate.
  • The campaign will culminate with the debut of the "Unwrap a Fairer Future" animation on World Chocolate Day, July 7, 2021.

Worldwide Trade Finance Industry to 2026 - Featuring Asian Development Bank, Citigroup and Euler Hermes Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Friday, June 25, 2021

The "Trade Finance Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2021-2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Trade Finance Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2021-2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The global trade finance market exhibited moderate growth during 2015-2020.
  • Trade finance, or export finance, refers to various financial products that are used by organizations to manage international trade and commerce.
  • The global market for trade finance is primarily being driven by rapid urbanization and the steadily growing global trade.

Instabase Appoints Datadog’s Onur Aksoy to lead Expansion into Continental Europe

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Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Instabase , the leading platform for building modern business applications, announces the appointment of Onur Aksoy as a VP of Sales.

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  • Instabase , the leading platform for building modern business applications, announces the appointment of Onur Aksoy as a VP of Sales.
  • Aksoy, a proven sales leader in Central and Southern Europe, will lead Instabases expansion in the DACH, BeNeLux and Southern Europe regions and will oversee all sales efforts in those regions.
  • As the first person on the ground, Aksoy was responsible for leading Datadogs expansion into Central Europe and contributing to Datadogs high growth SaaS revenue.
  • Im thrilled to be joining Instabase to lead sales and expansion efforts in DACH, BeNeLux and Southern Europe, said Onur Aksoy.

Europe-wide expansion: e-bot7 opens up new markets thanks to strong growth / Market entry in BeNeLux

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Monday, December 14, 2020

Xaver Lehmann, CEO and co-founder of e-bot7, sees enormous potential in the Dutch branch: "The BeNeLux countries are as immediate neighbours a very important market for us."

Key Points: 
  • Xaver Lehmann, CEO and co-founder of e-bot7, sees enormous potential in the Dutch branch: "The BeNeLux countries are as immediate neighbours a very important market for us."
  • We are pleased that we can now support companies from the BeNeLux countries in their digitisation efforts in customer service."
  • "Also, thanks to our Country Managers, we are able to enter the most diverse European markets quickly and steadily.
  • As Country Manager at e-bot7, Fred van Westerop is responsible for the BeNeLux and Nordic markets.

Europe-wide expansion: e-bot7 opens up new markets thanks to strong growth / Market entry in BeNeLux

Retrieved on: 
Monday, December 14, 2020

Xaver Lehmann, CEO and co-founder of e-bot7, sees enormous potential in the Dutch branch: "The BeNeLux countries are as immediate neighbours a very important market for us."

Key Points: 
  • Xaver Lehmann, CEO and co-founder of e-bot7, sees enormous potential in the Dutch branch: "The BeNeLux countries are as immediate neighbours a very important market for us."
  • We are pleased that we can now support companies from the BeNeLux countries in their digitisation efforts in customer service."
  • "Also, thanks to our Country Managers, we are able to enter the most diverse European markets quickly and steadily.
  • As Country Manager at e-bot7, Fred van Westerop is responsible for the BeNeLux and Nordic markets.

Tetragon Financial Group Limited Announcement of Final Results of Tender Offer to Purchase Tetragon Non-Voting Shares

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

LONDON, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Tetragon announces the final results of the "modified Dutch auction" tender offer to purchase a portion of the outstanding non-voting shares of Tetragon for a maximum aggregate payment of $25,000,000 in cash.

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  • LONDON, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Tetragon announces the final results of the "modified Dutch auction" tender offer to purchase a portion of the outstanding non-voting shares of Tetragon for a maximum aggregate payment of $25,000,000 in cash.
  • J.P. Morgan Securities plc (which conducts its UK investment banking business as J.P. Morgan Cazenove) acted as dealer manager for the tender offer and Computershare Investor Services PLC acted as tender agent for the tender offer.
  • As dealer manager, J.P. Morgan determined the final purchase price at which Tetragon will purchase shares in the tender offer.
  • In accordance with the terms of the tender offer, Tetragon has accepted for purchase 2,631,578 nonvoting shares at a purchase price of $9.50 per share.

DGAP-News: osteolabs GmbH: osteolabs GmbH successfully closes second financing round of nearly 1.6 million EUR

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

osteolabs GmbH today announces the successful conclusion of a second financing round in the amount of approximately EUR 1.6 million.

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  • osteolabs GmbH today announces the successful conclusion of a second financing round in the amount of approximately EUR 1.6 million.
  • On the one hand, the funds raised will be used to promote the further geographical expansion of osteolabs GmbH in the Scandinavian countries, the BENELUX countries, Switzerland and Austria.
  • osteolabs GmbH was successfully spun off from GEOMAR in 2018.
  • The consequences are frequent bone fractures, which the osteolabs procedure can minimise or even prevent.

Fairtrade America Partners With Five Certified Brands To Encourage Shoppers To Choose Fairtrade This Holiday Season

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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Today, Fairtrade America announced it has partnered with five Fairtrade certified brands to encourage ethical gift giving and entertaining this holiday season.

Key Points: 
  • Today, Fairtrade America announced it has partnered with five Fairtrade certified brands to encourage ethical gift giving and entertaining this holiday season.
  • "We're grateful for the opportunity to encourage consumers to celebrate a Fairtrade holiday season, especially this year," shared Mary Linnell-Simmons, Fairtrade America's Director of Marketing and External Relations.
  • Each of these partner brands have holiday products available for easy purchase online, meeting the desires of this year's holiday shopper.
  • Fairtrade is excited to carry this momentum forward this holiday season with the following brands and products:
    Gimme Coffee - Leftist is Gimme!