{"id":1612,"date":"2021-07-22T09:14:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cf.iisd.net\/ssi\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2023-03-25T16:12:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T21:12:09","slug":"consumer-demand-for-sustainable-products-in-asia-successes-and-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/webinar\/consumer-demand-for-sustainable-products-in-asia-successes-and-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Demand for Sustainable Products in Asia: Successes and challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Webinar | Consumer Demand for Sustainable Products in Asia: Successes and challenges\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q6N5YBRO-ig?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"http:\/\/172.31.33.199\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sustainable-consumption-asia-webinar-presentation.pdf\" style=\"background-color:#5abc8a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>PRESENTATION SLIDES<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asia is home to a majority of the world\u2019s population, and consumption patterns on the continent have significant implications on a global scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This webinar presented research findings on consumption trends of certified and sustainable products in Asia, focusing on coffee, cotton, palm oil, and tea. Various actors (buyers, voluntary sustainability standards, producers) then shared successes, challenges, and potential ways to increase sustainable consumption in Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Moderators<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cristina Larrea,&nbsp;Lead, Sustainability Standards, IISD<\/li><li>Vidya Rangan,&nbsp;Senior Manager, Impacts and Evidence, ISEAL Alliance<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Speakers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Steffany Berm\u00fadez, Policy Analyst, IISD<\/li><li>Rajesh Bhuyan, Director, Trustea<\/li><li>Irvan Helmi, Co-Founder, Anomali Coffee<\/li><li>Nils Heuer, Associate Programme Officer, Consumption and Production Unit, UN Environment Programme<\/li><li>Ganesh Kasekar, Representative in South Asia, Global Organic Textile Standard<\/li><li>Teddy Somantri, Co-Founder and President Director, Javanero Indonesia Coffee<\/li><li>Nguyen Bao Thoa, Director, Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute<\/li><li>Philippa Walker, Programme Manager, Asia Sustainable Palm Oil Links,&nbsp;WWF Singapore<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Referenced Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/global-standard.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)<\/a><\/li><li>IISD (2019) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/market-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainable Commodities Marketplace Series<\/a><\/li><li>Meier, C., Sampson, G., Larrea, C., Schlatter, B., Voora, V., Dang, D., Bermudez, S., Wozniak, J., and Willer, H. (2020). <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intracen.org\/publication\/Sustainable-Markets-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\">The State of Sustainable Markets 2020: Statistics and Emerging Trends.<\/a> ITC, Geneva.<\/li><li>One Planet Network, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oneplanetnetwork.org\/consumer-information-scp\" target=\"_blank\">The Consumer Information Programme (CI-SCP)<\/a><\/li><li>Promotion of supply and demand of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecofair.vn\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.ecofair.vn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eco-fair<\/a> Agri-Food processing products in Vietnam<\/li><li>Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rspo.org\/certification#how-certification-works\" target=\"_blank\">How Certification Works<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scopi.or.id\/id\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainable Coffee Platform of Indonesia (SCOPI)<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/trustea.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trustea Sustainable Tea Foundation<\/a><\/li><li>World Wildlife Fund (2021) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wwf.panda.org\/discover\/our_focus\/food_practice\/sustainable_production\/palm_oil\/news_updates\/?3714966\/Palm-oil-trade-flows-from-six-key-landscapes-in-Asia-Risks-and-opportunities-for-sustainability-action\" target=\"_blank\">Palm Oil Trade Flows From Key Landscapes in Asia: Risks and opportunities for sustainability action<\/a><\/li><li>World Wildlife Fund (2021) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evidensia.eco\/resources\/1243\/sustainable-palm-oil-uptake-in-asia-where-do-we-go-from-here\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainable Palm Oil Upta<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wwf.panda.org\/discover\/our_focus\/food_practice\/sustainable_production\/palm_oil\/news_updates\/?3706416\/Sustainable-palm-oil-uptake-in-Asia-Where-do-we-go-from-here\" target=\"_blank\">ke in Asia: Where do we go from here?<\/a><\/li><li>World Wildlife Fund <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/palmoilscorecard.panda.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard<\/a> (update launching September 28, 2021)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event was co-hosted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidensia.eco\/\">Evidensia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"82\" src=\"http:\/\/172.31.33.199\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IISD-evidensia-logos.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IISD-evidensia-logos.png 500w, https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IISD-evidensia-logos-300x49.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webinar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}