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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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The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) launches the second report of the Sustainable Commodities Marketplace Series covering the cocoa sector. Ottawa, Thursday November 21, 2019 – With the rapid proliferation of voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) in the cocoa sector...
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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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Ottawa, June 6, 2019 – The amount of coffee produced in compliance with voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) is increasing at a higher rate than the overall sector, with significant growth coming from countries with low human development. This according to a new report from the International ...
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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.
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IISD co-facilitated this workshop to explore how to maximize the benefits and address the challenges related to voluntary sustainability standards in Rwanda's coffee sector.
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Speakers: Laura Turley and Matthew Wenban-Smith, Associates, IISD Date: December 5, 2018 Description: Many mineral-rich developing countries rely on the mining sector as an engine for this economic development. Ensuring mining is socially and environmentally sound, and contributes to advancing th...
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It is with great sadness that we announce that Jason Potts, visionary and leader in championing inclusive sustainability standards, has died. He passed away peacefully on the morning of January 31, 2018 in Montreal, surrounded by his family. “Jason was a much beloved colleague at IISD; everyone a...