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This webinar presented research on consumption trends of certified and sustainable products in Asia and discussed successes, challenges, and potential ways to increase sustainable consumption in Asia.
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This webinar, recorded in March 2021, explores mechanisms used in international trade policy to encourage forest conservation and reduce deforestation.
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This joint IISD-UNIGE webinar explores what the growing field of voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) could mean for public procurement and trade policy, especially in developing and least developed countries. This webinar asks how these standards, which can be seen across commodities rangin...
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Watch our virtual policy dialogue, recorded in September 2020 as part of the AGRF Virtual Summit 2020.
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A panel of experts discuss highlights and analysis of the key findings from recent commodity reports from the IISD.
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IISD launches a new commodities series kicking off with coffee, cacao, tea and sugar. Hundreds of voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) have emerged over the last three decades as market tools that enhance sustainable development in the agriculture sector. The production of VSS-compliant comm...
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Speakers: Aimee Hampel, Asian Development Bank, Birasa Nyamulinda, Rwanda Development Board, Geert Eenhoorn, Rainforest Alliance, Christian Novak, Frontier Markets Advisors Inc, Cristina Larrea, Sustainability Standards Lead, IISD and Francesca Nugnes, IISD Date: November 27, 2019 Description: Ag...
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Speakers: Kathleen Sexsmith, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Penn State University, and Cristina Larrea, Sustainability Standards Lead, IISD Date: June 20, 2019 Description: Gender inequalities in agriculture persist, making it difficult for wome...
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Speakers: Kathleen Sexsmith, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, and Cristina Larrea, Sustainability Standards Lead, IISD Date: April 17, 2019 Description: Gender equality in agriculture remains a challenge. Un...
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IISD convened key representatives from all segments of the Kenyan tea value chain to identify key challenges related to voluntary sustainability standards and collectively define strategies to address them.