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Webinar | Voluntary Sustainability Standards and Resilient Supply Chains: Bananas, cotton, palm oil, and soybeans
A panel of experts discuss highlights and analysis of the key findings from recent commodity reports from the IISD.
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Major Trends and Challenges in the Production and Consumption of Agricultural Commodities Compliant with Voluntary Sustainability Standards
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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Webinar: Voluntary Sustainability Standards and Investments in Agricultural Producers from Developing Countries
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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Webinar: How can voluntary standard certifications empower women in agriculture?
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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Webinar: Gender Equality in Agriculture: Leveraging voluntary sustainability standards for women’s empowerment
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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Sustainability and Voluntary Certification in the Kenyan Tea Sector
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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Sustainability and Voluntary Certification in the Rwandan Coffee Sector
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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Webinar: The impact of VSIs in mining
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...