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Name: Tadeu Caldas
Company: Ecotropic Consulting S.A.
Address: Parkstr. 23 Cologne 50968 Germany
Email: ecotropic_bioagro@hotmail.com
Years of experience in the organic field: 27
Fields: sustainability footprint assessment of companies; organic and biodynamic food & farming systems development; organic quality systems development from field to market; development of organic and eco- textiles programs; fair trade projects.
Countries worked in:
Americas
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, USA
Asia
Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Mongolia, Nepal, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey
Africa
Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Europe
England, Germany, Hungary, Spain (+ Canary Islands), Sweden
Main activities & responsibilities:
- Development of organic textiles programs
- Advising retailers on sustainable sourcing and sustainability issues; supporting suppliers’ adjustments to sustainable and organic product development. i.e. recent clients: Wal-Mart USA, Bunge
- Consultancy to large scale market & export oriented projects (conversion strategies, technical advisory, quality aspects, training of personnel marketing positioning,)
- 1985 - 1992 Director Rural Development Program & International Course for Ecological Agriculture, Emerson College, England
Special areas: Organic cotton & eco-textiles; agricultural commodities and export sector (coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, palm oil, grains & oilseeds, but also banana, citrus, vegetables, spices, shrimps)
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