>> January - May 2008
RTRS NEWS
Food, feed and fuel to a future world

Renewal of the Executive Board at the General Assembly

Definition of the principles and criteria of responsible soy

New members

IMPORTANT NOTICE

DONATIONS
RTRS signs an agreement with the Swiss government

Solidaridad and WWF Netherlands donate 170 thousand euros

MEMBER MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
Responsible soy workshop in Belgium

Specialists, NGOs and producers discuss the soy issue in India

Fundação Mato Grosso in the field: time to plant

PROJECTS
RTRS Global Outreach Programme

IMPORTANT DATES
 
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RTRS NEWS
Food, feed and fuel to a future world
With the aim of broadening the multisectorial debate on the definition of responsible soy, the Third International Conference on Responsible Soy, called “Food, Feed and Fuel to a Future World”, was held at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos Aires on April 23 and 24.

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Renewal of the Executive Board at the General Assembly
Three member organizations joined the Executive Board on April 25, when the annual RTRS General Assembly was also held in Buenos Aires. Instituto Ethos (Brazil – civil society), Fundación Moisés Bertoni (Paraguay – civil society) and Cotrimaio (Brazil - producer) joined other organizations such as ABIOVE, FUNDAPAZ, Unilever and Grupo DAP, who were re-elected to continue their work leading the association.

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Definition of the principles and criteria of responsible soy
Dawn Robinson, Associate Director of Proforest, reports on the latest news and progress of the Development Group.

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New members
During the first semester in 2008, the following organizations joined RTRS:

01. Green Palm Ltd. Great Britain Observer
02. UTZ Certified Netherlands Observer
03. Trace Consult Switzerland Observer
04. FOSFA Great Britain Observer
05. Patagonia Bioenergía Argentina Industry
06. Cámara Argentina de Biocombustibles Argentina Industry
07. Prosoy Netherlands Observer
08. Cotrimaio Brazil Producer
09. SECO Switzerland Observer
10. SGS Argentina Observer
11. Agrifirm Netherlands Industry

Thus, there are now 78 active organizations that have joined RTRS since it was formed. To view the profile and contact information of these organizations, visit the “Members” section at www.responsiblesoy.org