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Global Market Report: Tea
Global demand for tea is growing despite sustainability challenges.
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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.
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Global Market Report: Cocoa
Western Europe and developing economies in Asia are driving demand for cocoa but farm risks may affect supply in the long-term.
Insights and Commentaries |
“Sustainability Looks Different Wherever You Are”: Coffee production practices in a risky landscape
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.
Commodity Reports |
Global Market Report: Coffee
Voluntary sustainability standard-compliant coffee production is increasing at a higher rate than the overall sector, with significant growth coming from least-developed countries.
SSI Reviews |
Leveraging Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture
This SSI Review explains how voluntary sustainability standards can be used as a tool to meet the sustainable development goals and targets related to gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture.
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Leveraging Sustainable Markets for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development
Only through access to credible and independent information can less-developed country stakeholders build strategies to benefit from Voluntary Sustainability Standards.
SSI Reviews |
Standards and the Extractive Economy
The SSI Review: Standards and the Extractive Economy examines the intersection of voluntary sustainability initiatives (VSIs) and sustainable development within the mining sector.
Commodity Reports |
Enabling Sustainable Livelihoods in Forestry: The role of VSS in supporting the long-term viability of the forestry sector
This report explores how voluntary sustainability standards support the long-term development goals of the forestry sector.
SSI Reviews |
Standards and Biodiversity
Sustainable agriculture practices must be widely implemented in order to stem an alarming loss of biodiversity and to protect endangered species. This is according to our SSI Review: Standards and Biodiversity, examining the intersection between voluntary sustainability standards and the conserva...
Insights and Commentaries |
Throwing the Chocolate Bar Out with the Bathwater: How Cadbury’s transition to an in-house sustainability standards threatens the sustainability of the cocoa sector
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.