Case study

Sustainable Spices
Initiative

Bands of coloured ground spices
Client
IDH
Sector
Sustainability
Location
Utrecht, NL
Services
Branding, Web, Editorial, Social, Software
Year
2024
sustainablespicesinitiative.org

Transforming the mainstream spice trade.

A farmer sowing by hand across a terraced rice field, with forested mountains behind
Overview

Founded in 2012 and convened by IDH, the Sustainable Spices Initiative unites an international group of companies across the spices, herbs and dehydrated vegetables trade, together with retailers and civil society organisations, behind a collective strategy for the sustainable production, processing and global trade of these ingredients.

Spice packets on the SSI brand pattern
Ground sumac
Colour palette

Drawn from the ingredients themselves: chilli, cinnamon, bay and mustard.

Spice market backdrop
Guindilla
#ED1C24
Canela
#401611
Laurel
#8CC63F
Mostaza
#FBB03B
Website

The initiative's digital home, extended with a bespoke platform where members report and connect.

The SSI website on a laptop, showing the About page
SSI website menu spread across screens
SSI member platform on mobile phones
Photography

Imagery from the fields and markets where the spice trade begins, connecting members to the origins of their supply chains and the people that work in them.

Farmer carrying harvested crops
Peppercorns drying
Farmer splitting a cocoa pod
Harvesters working in a field
Green cardamom pods
Terraced rice field
Cinnamon quills stacked
Sugarcane harvest
Star anise drying in the sun
Fresh peppercorn clusters
Bowl of dried chillies
Chilli pickers at harvest
Editorial

Print that carries the initiative's country platforms, India, Vietnam and Indonesia, to the growers, traders and members who make them work.

SSI editorial pamphlet spreads
Social

The initiative's public voice, carrying its work to a wider audience and to the companies it hopes to count as members.

Chilli harvest backdrop
SSI social post: two women carrying buckets of harvest
SSI brand symbol filled with star anise
SSI social post: saffron harvest

We sustainably transform the mainstream spices sector.

Credits
Creative directionTailored
Brand & editorial designTailored
Web design & developmentTailored
Platform design & developmentTailored
PhotographyIDH
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Fresh fruit on display at a market stall
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Sector
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Services
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Year
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