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Jason Potts
» Associate and Program Manager, SMARTJason Potts manages the Sustainable Markets and Responsible Trade (SMART) Program at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Prior to joining IISD, Mr. Potts worked with the Trade, Employment and Competitiveness Program at the International Development Research Centre, as well as the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s Trade and Environment Branch on issues at the nexus of trade, environment and international development. Mr. Potts has published on competition policy, commodity policy and the relationship between corporate social responsibility, private standards and sustainable trade. Mr. Potts is Coordinator and co-founder of the Sustainable Commodity Initiative and President of the Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade.
Affiliations
- Member, New York Bar Association.
- Director, Equiterre.
- Director, Fast.
Education
- LLB/BCL (2001): McGill University.
- Master of Philosophy – Ethics and Economics (1996): Concordia University.
- Bachelor of Philosophy (1994): Concordia University.
Languages
English, French and Spanish.
Publications
Voluntary Sustainability Standards and Economic Rents: The economic impacts of voluntary sustainability standards along the coffee, fisheries and forestry value chains
Paper: Kathleen Sexsmith, Jason Potts, 2009Voluntary Sustainability Standards and Value Chain Governance: How sustainability standards affect the distribution of decision-making power in global value chains
Paper: Kathleen Sexsmith, Jason Potts, 2009The Global Initiative on Commodities: From Stakeholder Perspectives to Stakeholder Participation (A Summary of Civil Society Recommendations for Sustainable Commodity Production)
Paper: Jason Potts, Chris Wunderlich, David Cuming, Michael Chang, 2009Sustainable Development and China: Recommendations for the Forestry, Cotton and E-products Sectors
Paper: Jason Potts, David Runnalls, 2009Sustainable Electronics and Electrical Equipment for China and the World: A commodity chain sustainability analysis of key Chinese EEE product chains
Paper: Martin Eugster, Duan Huabo, Li Jinhui, Oshani Perera, Jason Potts, Wanhua Yang, 2008International Coffee Agreement 2007: An Instrument for Building a Sustainable Coffee Economy
Paper: Jason Potts, 2008Seeking Sustainability: COSA Preliminary Analysis of Sustainability Initiatives in the Coffee Sector
Book: Daniele Giovannucci, Jason Potts, Bernard Killian, Christopher Wunderlich, Susana Schuller, Gabriela Soto, Kira Schroeder, Isabelle Vagneron, Fabrice Pinard, 2008The Legality of PPMs under the GATT: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Trade Policy
Book: Jason Potts, 2008Trading Practices for a Sustainable Coffee Sector: Context, Strategies and Recommendations for Action
Book: Jason Potts, Guido Fernandez, Christopher Wunderlich, 2007The Sustainable Commodity Initiative SCI Rationale and Road-map: 2008-2011
Book: Jason Potts, 2007Alternative trade initiatives and income predictability: Theory and evidence from the coffee sector
Paper: Jason Potts, 2007Corporate Social Responsibility: An Implementation Guide for Business
Book: Paul Honen, Jason Potts, 2007Leveraging the Market for a Sustainable Coffee Economy: Opportunities for Renegotiation of the International Coffee Agreement
Paper: Jason Potts, 2006Multi-stakeholder Collaboration for a Sustainable Coffee Sector: Meeting the Challenge of U.S. Anti-trust Law
Paper: Jason Potts, 2004Sustainable Coffee Trade: The Role of Coffee Contracts
Paper: Peter H. May, Gilberto C.C. Mascarenhas, Jason Potts, 2004Canada Needs To Be A Player In The Bean Scene: IISD calls on Canada to join the International Coffee Organization to tackle current coffee crisis
Commentary: Jason Potts, 2003