Our experts analyze commodities markets across sectors to determine standard-compliant consumption and production trends, their opportunities and challenges for sustainable development, and more. Our pieces of analysis range from commentaries to policy briefs to reports.
Insights and Commentaries
Insights and Commentaries |
Voluntary sustainability standard-setting organizations (VSSSOs) should enhance producer engagement by adopting transparent, inclusive, and responsive practices that move beyond consultation to collaboration and empowerment.
Insights and Commentaries |
This explainer breaks down EUDR requirements, provides an overview of steps that SMEs must take to ensure compliance, and highlights VSSs as a recognized tool to support compliance by the EU.
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Agricultural cooperatives have the power to play an important role in providing small-scale producers with access to stable and fair market relationships, equitable pricing, and sustainable markets.
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Governments are increasingly recognizing the need for sustainability standards in global value chains (GVCs), as pressures from consumers and due diligence regulations in the Global North require businesses to address risks such as deforestation and forced labour, though actors in the Global Sout...
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The use of voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) and similar systems in free trade agreements (FTAs) is gaining traction. Will it lead to more sustainable production and consumption globally?
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The growing use of sustainability standards in public policies is a promising trend, so long as small-scale farmers and businesses are not left behind.
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The annual World of Coffee event, held in early June in Berlin, Germany, is known as the largest professional conference devoted to the coffee sector in Europe, where the sheer breadth and depth of the sector can be seen in full force.
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Cadbury’s decision to develop its own inhouse sustainability standard rather than continue to rely on Fairtrade International certification is a great step backwards for global cocoa sustainability.
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This report details how smallholder farmers are vital for transitioning to more sustainable forms of agriculture.
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This report explores traceability systems along the agricultural supply chain and its importance to sustainability initiatives.