Sustainability

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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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    Food and Land Use Coalition

    This is a home page of the Food and Land Use Coalition that galvanizes diverse leadership, expertise, and solutions for rapid and transformative change in food and land use systems.

    Source: Food and Land Use Coalition

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Sustainability,
    This is a home page of the Food and Land Use Coalition that galvanizes diverse leadership, expertise, and solutions for rapid and transformative change in food and land use systems.
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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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    Online Resource Centre for Asia-Pacific MSME Policy

    The Resource Centre collects knowledge about MSME policy across the Asia-Pacific region, for the information and interest of the region's policymakers.

    Source: ESCAP

    Policymakers: Goods, 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, Asia & Middle East, Oceania,
    The Resource Centre collects knowledge about MSME policy across the Asia-Pacific region, for the information and interest of the region's policymakers.
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    Sustainability Map

    This online tool is designed for businesses as they show how their products and processes incorporate sustainability considerations, and for brands and others seeking to do the same.

    Source: The International Trade Centre (ITC)

    Businesses: Goods, Sustainability,
    This online tool is designed for businesses as they show how their products and processes incorporate sustainability considerations, and for brands and others seeking to do the same.
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    State of Sustainable Markets 2020

    This report is part of an annual series looking at trends and data involving the uptake of sustainability standards across over a dozen commodities. The 2020 edition takes a particular look at the agriculture and forestry sectors.

    Source: International Trade Centre (ITC), International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), 2020

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Sustainability,
    This report is part of an annual series looking at trends and data involving the uptake of sustainability standards across over a dozen commodities. The 2020 edition takes a particular look at the agriculture and forestry sectors.