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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · 1d

AI is transforming economies—but less than 1% of funding reaches the Global South.
How can we make AI work for everyone, not just the privileged few?
Read more our insights hereby provided

#AI #GlobalSouth

AI's Unequal Revolution: Bridging the Global Divide

AI revolutionizes advanced economies while the Global South faces exclusion due to funding, research, and access gaps.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · 6d

🌱 Ksapa supports Michelin in revolutionizing natural rubber supply chains through CASCADE project in Sumatra. Transforming farmer livelihoods while ensuring transparency across the entire chain.

Ready to transform your #supplychain? Contact Ksapa today!

#SustainableSupplyChain #ESG #Sustainability

Qualitative Impacts Supporting Automotive Supply Chain Rubber

Explore how Ksapa enhances Rubber Smallholder Farmers Livelihoods through sustainable practices and capacity building in Sumatra.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · 8d

Whistleblower retaliation costs companies millions. Smart leaders build internal reporting systems first. Don't wait for crisis—proactive ethics = competitive advantage.
#BusinessEthics

Protect Your Business: Why Whistleblowers Matter

Learn how whistleblower protection prevents costly litigation and reputational damage while strengthening internal governance frameworks.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · 13d

Inspiring week in the Philippines meeting our local team and partners, and participating in the World Coconut Congress. Building resilient coconut supply chains takes collaboration. More here!

#Sustainability #SupplyChain #Coconut #Philippines #Ksapa #SustainableSourcing #ImpactAtScale

Building Resilient Coconut Supply Chains Through Scalable Impact

Coconut supply chains face crisis. Discover scalable impact programs improving smallholder livelihoods while securing supply.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 Migrant workers shouldn't pay to work—yet millions are trapped in debt bondage from recruitment fees

This article outlines how to eliminate this exploitation while reducing legal/reputational risks.

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#EthicalRecruitment #ESG

End Recruitment Fees for Migrant Workers Now

Discover concrete steps to eliminate exploitative recruitment fees for migrant workers. Implement ethical hiring practices across operations.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · 20d

🌾 Crop farming feeds the world but faces mounting #ESG risks

Our new briefing "Fields Under Pressure" explores #sustainability challenges from #smallholder #farms to #agribusiness

Download insights + discover how Ksapa transforms environmental and social challenges into opportunities
#supplychains

Fields Under Pressure : ESG Impact of Crop Farming

Discover key soil protection practices for businesses to enhance sustainability, reduce impact, and ensure agricultural viability

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · 22d

🌾 Africa's agricultural cooperatives need better financial access to thrive

👉 Our new article explores barriers & solutions across the continent.

Have a look, and engage with us!

#Agriculture #Africa

Financial Inclusion of Agricultural Cooperatives & SMEs in Africa: Market Status

Explore the market status and financing gaps around the Financial Inclusion of Agricultural Cooperatives & SMEs in Africa.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · 27d

🐄 The Hidden Footprint of the Livestock Sector

Complex ESG risks are reshaping livestock farming

Our new briefing reveals key regulatory shifts, climate strategies & consumer trends.
📋 Download for free
💬 Need guidance? Let's talk.

#ESG #Livestock

The Hidden Footprint of the Livestock Sector

Discover key soil protection practices for businesses to enhance sustainability, reduce impact, and ensure agricultural viability

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · 29d

⚠️ Workforce-intensive industries face complex human rights risks that generic assessments miss. Local context matters—same laws, different enforcement realities

At Ksapa, we help transform risk into opportunity

Connect with us for tailored solutions

#bizHumanRights #ESG

Conducting Human Rights Impact Assessment: Why it's Essential

Using construction as a case study, this article explains why companies must conduct human rights impact assessment tailored to local contexts

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Sep 18

🌊 Sustainable seafood demands embedding of smart social and environmental strategy. Our new briefing explores how environmental, social & governance impacts reshape fisheries/aquaculture production, value chains & regulation

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#SustainableSeafood #ESG

Netting ESG Impacts of Fisheries and Aquaculture

Explore ESG impacts : sustainability challenges, governance gaps, and pathways to resilient, ethical seafood systems.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Sep 16

🚨 SEC threatens to BAN IFRS standards over sustainability reporting—fragmenting global markets based on FALSE claims about double materiality.

Ready to navigate this chaos? Contact Ksapa 👇

#IFRS #SEC

The SEC's Threat to Global Market Access

SEC Chair threatens to ban IFRS standards over sustainability reporting, undermining investor access to material financial information.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Sep 11

🌾 From Farm to Factory: Food manufacturers face complex #ESG challenges impacting viability & competitiveness.

Our new briefing explores the path forward.

Ready to transform challenges into advantages?

Download now. Let's talk

#ESG #FoodManufacturing

From farm to Factory : ESG Impacts of Food & Beverage Manufacturing Sector

Sustainability challenges, governance gaps, and pathways to resilient, ethical seafood systems in the food & beverage manufacturing sector.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Sep 9

🌊 4 Indonesian villagers just sued cement giant Holcim in Swiss court for climate damages. The message? No company is safe from climate litigation anymore.

Ready to transform risk into opportunity? Connect with Ksapa

#ClimateRisk #ESG

Climate Courts Target Corporate Giants

Indonesian islanders sue Holcim in landmark climate case, signaling new era of corporate liability. All industries now face legal risk.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Sep 2

🤖 After 30+ years, AI is now reshaping every industry. With regulation growing, it's time to audit your systems through a human rights lens

How is your org ensuring AI serves humanity? 🤔 Guidance here 👇

#AIEthics #HumanRights #ResponsibleAI

AI Ethics: Managing Business & Human Rights Risks

Companies integrating AI must balance innovation with human rights protection through responsible deployment and risk mitigation

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Aug 28

🔥 Community tensions can kill infrastructure projects. At Ksapa, we've cracked the code on stakeholder engagement that actually works in conflictual situations.

What's your biggest challenge? 👇

#CommunityEngagement #Infrastructure

Community Engagement in Conflict: A Field Guide

Learn field-tested solutions for community engagement in conflict zones, drawing from Ksapa's experience in infrastructure, mining.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Jul 31

🏛️ International Court of Justice rules climate action legally mandatory. Failure to protect climate = "wrongful acts." Rising litigation risk for companies. Time to strengthen your decarbonization strategy

#ClimateAction #ESG

Climate Action Now Legally Mandatory in International law

International Court of Justice declares climate change an "urgent threat". Nations now have binding legal obligations.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Jul 29

🌱 AI & cloud redefine our world, but at what cost?

Digital already = carbon footprint rising fast

We can innovate differently: eco-design, optimized code, real business needs

@Ksapa we develop our Sutti digital suite with sobriety

Ready to transform sustainably? #DigitalSobriety #GreenTech

Can We Combine Innovation And Digital Sobriety?

Discover how combining innovation with digital sobriety is possible and is an approach followed by Ksapa's digital suite.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚨 Forced labor exists across industries worldwide. At Ksapa, we're creating open-source guidelines to help investors & buyers engage with partners & mitigate risks. Multi-faceted solutions need collaboration.

What's your company doing?

#ForcedLabor #SupplyChain #ESG

5 Steps Mitigating Forced Labor Risks in Assets and Supply Chains

Ksapa introduces to decisive steps to eliminate forced labor risks across your operations and supply chains in this briefing paper

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Jul 22

🌱 Transforming agriculture starts with smallholder farmers. Ksapa's SUTTI initiative connects small farmers to global supply chains across Asia & Africa & Latam through our digital platform. With blend of AI. Ready to partner with us?

#SustainableAgriculture #Partnership

Data Science for Impact Assessment in Vulnerable Communities

Data gaps persist for 600 million small-scale farms despite AI advances, highlighting challenges in measuring impact on vulnerable populations

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Jul 17

Climate action = human rights action. They're inseparable.

At Ksapa, we integrate both because vulnerable communities face the worst climate impacts, while strong rights enable better climate solutions.

What's your org doing to connect these?

#ClimateJustice #HumanRights

Climate Action: A Key Driver for Human Rights Progress

Environmental protection impacts human rights through food security, health, and livelihoods. Climate action safeguards communities

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨 UN just released new AI & Human Rights guidance. 90% of companies deploy AI without proper due diligence. Ready to future-proof your AI? Ksapa helps.

#AI #HumanRights #ResponsibleAI

AI & Human Rights: UN Business Guidance

Learn how businesses can implement responsible AI practices protecting human rights throughout the AI lifecycle.

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Jul 10

🌱 500M smallholder farmers bear most environmental/social responsibilities in ag value chains while living in poverty

✅ Digital tools can scale solutions cost-effectively

👉 Time to invest in these critical partners, not just source from them. More here 👇

#SustainableAg

Digital Tools: Empowering Smallholder Farmers

500 million smallholders in the world represent the very first mile of most agricultural commodities. Generally low educated and navigating close or below poverty line, these farmers are struggling…

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Jul 8

🔍 OECD: Smart regulation drives 5% productivity gains

Removing stupid barriers ≠ removing all standards

Turn regulatory uncertainty into growth advantage. Ready? Connect with Ksapa 👇

#Sustainability #Regulation #Strategy #ESG #BusinessTransformation

Smart Regulation Drives Growth: OECD Insights

OECD research shows smart regulation boosts business. Learn how removing trade barriers and shaping better practices drives sustainable growth

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Jul 3

🌍 Traditional trade is dead. The future belongs to win-win partnerships that create local value & environmental impact. Ksapa's EU-Indonesia model proves it's possible.

Ready to transform your supply chain?
👉 Let's connect!

#SustainableTrade

Reshaping Global Trade: The Sutti-Indonesia Win-Win Model

Discover how Sutti's EU-Indonesia trade model creates sustainable supply chains, generating €25 local value per €1 invested over 10 years

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Farid Baddache @faridbaddache.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚀 ESRS Revision: 50%+ fewer datapoints coming!
EFRAG's progress report shows major simplification ahead:
✅ Streamlined materiality assessment
✅ Reduced narrative requirements
✅ Better ISSB alignment
Ready for change? Partner with Ksapa.

ESRS Simplification: A Game-Changer for Sustainability Reporting

EFRAG's ESRS revision cuts mandatory datapoints by 50%+. Learn how simplified sustainability reporting affects your business.

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