Regulation & Standards

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    Linking Voluntary Standards to Sustainable Development Goals

    This report helps decision makers in the public and private sectors to understand where voluntary sustainability standards are best placed to contribute. It maps the linkages between these standards and each SDG goal, including its specific targets.

    Source: ITC

    Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards, Sustainability,
    This report helps decision makers in the public and private sectors to understand where voluntary sustainability standards are best placed to contribute. It maps the linkages between these standards and each SDG goal, including its specific targets.
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    Organisation for Credible Sustainability Standards

    ISEAL supports governments and policy-makers as they step up their commitments to sustainable production, investment, trade and consumption.

    Source: ISEAL

    Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards, Sustainability,
    ISEAL supports governments and policy-makers as they step up their commitments to sustainable production, investment, trade and consumption.
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    Meeting the Standard for Trade

    This issue of the annual flagship report of ITC focuses on the role of standards and regulations in increasing the competitivenss of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

    Source: ITC, 2016

    Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards,
    This issue of the annual flagship report of ITC focuses on the role of standards and regulations in increasing the competitivenss of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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    UNFSS 3rd Flagship Report on Voluntary Sustainability Standards

    This report provides an in-depth understanding of VSS from trade policy perspective and explore how trade can shape the influence of VSS on developing countries’ market access.

    Source: United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards, 2018

    Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards, Sustainability,
    This report provides an in-depth understanding of VSS from trade policy perspective and explore how trade can shape the influence of VSS on developing countries’ market access.
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    The Role of Voluntary Sustainability Standards

    This report discusses in-depth the possibilities and limitations of VSS to make international trade more sustainable, in particular with regards to developing countries development opportunities.

    Source: UNCTAD, 2021

    Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards, Sustainability,
    This report discusses in-depth the possibilities and limitations of VSS to make international trade more sustainable, in particular with regards to developing countries development opportunities.
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    Voluntary Sustainability Standards Assessment Toolkit

    This toolkit uses both objective and subjective data through a mixed methods approach (interviews and survey) to provide a holistic, on the ground, understanding of VSS trade-offs and synergies.

    Source: UNCTAD, 2020

    Policymakers: Goods, Capacity Building, Regulation & Standards, Sustainability,
    This toolkit uses both objective and subjective data through a mixed methods approach (interviews and survey) to provide a holistic, on the ground, understanding of VSS trade-offs and synergies.
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    Voluntary Sustainability Standards and Policy Objectives

    This is a report by UNFSS on voluntary sustainability standards and public policy issues that reviews the current landscape of issues and initiatives.

    Source: United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards, 2012

    Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards, Sustainability,
    This is a report by UNFSS on voluntary sustainability standards and public policy issues that reviews the current landscape of issues and initiatives.
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    Voluntary Sustainability Standards

    This is a Webpage of UNCTAD on implementation and facilitation of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) in developing countries.

    Source: UNCTAD

    Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards, Sustainability,
    This is a Webpage of UNCTAD on implementation and facilitation of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) in developing countries.
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    SME Policy Index

    The Index identifies strengths and weaknesses in policy design and implementation, allows for comparison across countries and measures convergence towards good practices and relevant policy standards.

    Source: OECD

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building, Contractual Disputes, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Export Potential, Intellectual Property, Investment Facilitation, Logistics, Regional Trade Agreements, Regulation & Standards, Sustainability, Tariffs & Taxes, Trade Remedies, Europe,
    The Index identifies strengths and weaknesses in policy design and implementation, allows for comparison across countries and measures convergence towards good practices and relevant policy standards.
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    Competition Law and Policy for Development

    This is a report on UNCTAD's capacity building and technical assistance program.

    Source: UNCTAD, 2004

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Capacity Building, Regulation & Standards,
    This is a report on UNCTAD's capacity building and technical assistance program.
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    Competition Law and Economic Growth

     This paper examines the theoretical and empirical relationships between SMEs, competition law and economic growth in the APEC region.

    Source: APEC

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Capacity Building, Regulation & Standards, Asia & Middle East,
     This paper examines the theoretical and empirical relationships between SMEs, competition law and economic growth in the APEC region.
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    Toolkit on Competition Law

    This ICC toolkit highlights three key danger areas to avoid and provides practical tips to get SMEs started on a compliance journey of competition laws.

    Source: ICC, 2017

    Businesses: Goods, Services, Capacity Building, Regulation & Standards,
    This ICC toolkit highlights three key danger areas to avoid and provides practical tips to get SMEs started on a compliance journey of competition laws.