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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This report takes the challenge of analyzing access to finance from a specific angle: that of the importance that investors assign to sustainability criteria when assessing financial requests from agricultural producers of developing countries.
Commodity Reports |
The fourth report of IISD’s Sustainable Commodities Marketplace Series presents the sustainable production and consumption market information on sugar.
Commodity Reports |
Global demand for tea is growing despite sustainability challenges.
Commodity Reports |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
Other Publications |
Only through access to credible and independent information can less-developed country stakeholders build strategies to benefit from Voluntary Sustainability Standards.
SSI Reviews |
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 |
This report explores how voluntary sustainability standards support the long-term development goals of the forestry sector.