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491:. Some standards set the bar high for a sector, promoting strong social and environmental practices and working with the top performers to constantly push up sustainability expectations. Other standards are more focused on eliminating the worst practices and operate at more of an entry level to get a large proportion of an industry working incrementally towards better practices. Often there are strategies between standards to move producers along this performance ladder of sustainability. Another important distinction is that some standards can be applied internationally (usually with mechanisms to ensure local relevance and appropriateness), in contrast other standards are developed entirely with a regional or national focus. 3220: 687:(UNFSS) is a joint initiative of FAO, UNEP, ITC, UNCTAD, and UNIDO on Sustainability Standards. UNFSS is a neutral and credible platform to maximize the potential of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) as a means to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through: Facilitating emerging economies' access to lucrative markets, stimulating well-informed dialogue among key stakeholders at the national and international level, and building capacities for producers and SMEs, to enhance opportunities in international trade. 3645: 2947: 3635: 2959: 3655: 25: 639:
in an effort to propel green building design in the United States. LEED certification can be attained through "compliance with all environmental laws and regulations, occupancy scenarios, building permanence and pre-rating completion, site boundaries and area-to-site ratios, and obligatory five-year
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label was developed in the late 1980s by a Dutch development agency in collaboration with Mexican farmers. The initiative performs development work and promotes its political vision of an alternative economy, seeing its main objective in empowering small producers and providing these with access to
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process for sustainability under Technical Committee 207, Environmental management and Technical Committee 268, Sustainable cities and communities. These Committees connect with Technical Committee 61, Plastics working on mandates such standards for eliminating plastic pollution. In September 2023,
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was created in the late 1980s from a social movement and is committed to conserving rainforests and their biodiversity. One key element of the standard is the compulsory elaboration and implementation of a detailed plan for the development of a sustainable farm management system to assist wildlife
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Basic Standards. IFOAM stands for International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements and is the leading global umbrella organization for the organic farming movement. The IFOAM Basic Standards provide a framework of minimum requirements, including the omission of agrochemicals such as
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This might cover, for instance, responsible fishing practices that do not endanger marine biodiversity or respect for human rights, and the payment of fair wages on a coffee or tea plantation. Normally sustainability standards are accompanied by a verification process – often referred to as
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process and whether it is conducted by a first, second or third party; the traceability system in place and whether it allows for the segregation or mixing of certified and non-certified materials; and the types of sustainability claims that are made on products.
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chains of custody requirements. The UTZ Code of Conduct emphasizes both environmental practices (e.g. biodiversity conservation, waste handling, and water use) and social benefits (e.g. access to medical care, access to sanitary facilities at work).
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feature of the Fairtrade label is the guarantee of a minimum price and a social premium that goes to the cooperative and not to the producers directly. Recently, Fairtrade also adopted environmental objectives as part of their
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is normally developed by a broad range of stakeholders and experts in a particular sector and includes a set of practices or criteria for how a crop should be sustainably grown or a resource should be ethically harvested.
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programs also focus on capacity building and working with partners and other organizations to support smallholders or disadvantaged producers to make the social and environmental improvements needed to meet the
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guidelines used by producers, manufacturers, traders, retailers, and service providers to demonstrate their commitment to good environmental, social, ethical, and food safety practices. There are over 400 such
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procedures, there are some significant differences in terms of their historical development, target groups of adopters, geographical diffusion, and emphasis on environmental, social, or economic issues.
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pesticides and chemical-synthetic fertilizers. The use of animal feeds is also strictly regulated. Genetic engineering and the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are forbidden.
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was developed based on pilot projects with Mexican farmers. 4C builds on development projects in Peru, Colombia, and Vietnam, involving GIZ, major coffee roasters, and local producers.
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initiatives are targeting the mainstream adoption of better practices and pre-competitive industry collaboration. Major brands and retailers are also starting to make commitments to
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as a private organization in 2002 was the first collaborative effort amongst a group of sustainability standards organizations to agree to follow common good practices for
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who adopt "weak or narrow standards" that "better serve corporate interests than rights holder interests" for self-regulation in the absence of government regulation.
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is growing the fastest, due in part to major roundtables that have been set up to bring the whole industry together. More recently, standards have started to emerge for
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Weak legislation and strong demand for action: Sustainability standards emerged in areas where weak national and global legislation existed but where the consumer and
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supply chain, and wished to demonstrate the environmental or organic merits of their products led to the emergence of hundreds of eco-labels, organic and other
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Reinecke, J. (2010). "Beyond a subjective theory of value and towards a 'fair price': an organizational perspective on Fairtrade minimum price setting".
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was a series of local development projects involving NGOs, coffee roasters, and producers in different developing countries. For example, the Fairtrade
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Gilbert, D.U.; Rasche, A.; Waddock, S. (2011). "Accountability in a Global Economy: The Emergence of International Accountability Standards".
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Giovannucci, Daniele; Potts, Jason; Killian, B.; Wunderlich, C.; Schuller, S.; Soto, G.; Schroeder, K.; Vagneron, I.; Pinard, F. (2008).
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Not Fit-for-Purpose The Grand Experiment of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives in Corporate Accountability, Human Rights and Global Governance
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globally. In 2022, ISEAL reported 42% of their funding came from government grants. With generous support from organizations such as The
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movements around the globe demanded action. For example, campaigns by Global Exchange and other NGOs against the purchase of goods from "
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are also sectors in which standards have been influential, with certified production pushing past 10% of the global share. Cotton,
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The line between consumer and B2B sustainability standards is becoming blurred, with leading trade buyers increasingly demanding
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The number of Sustainability Standards has continued to grow; currently, there are around 264 active VSS (according to the
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Rasche, A. (2012). "Global Policies and Local Practice: Loose and Tight Couplings in Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives".
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Birkbeck, Carolyn Deere; Sugathan, Mahesh; Boinnard, Sophie; Grekova, Valeriia; Cleeland, Belinda (September 2023).
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Variance in approach to a sustainable coffee industry in Costa Rica perspectives from within: lessons and insights
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Standards and Related Initiatives in International Cooperation to End Plastic Pollution: Mapping and State of Play
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Pro-poor certification: Assessing the benefits of sustainability certification for small-scale farmers in Asia
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industry has a variety of sustainability standards for different subsectors. This includes standards for
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Gilbert, D.U.; Rasche, A. (2007). "Discourse Ethics and Social Accountability: The Ethics of SA 8000".
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Blackmore, Emma; Keeley, James; Pyburn, Rhiannon; Mangus, Ellen; Chen, Lu; Yuhui, Qiao (March 2012).
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Numerous sustainability standards have been developed to address issues of environmental quality,
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in their whole supply chain or product offering, rather than a single product line or ingredient.
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and exhibiting huge sales growth around the world for ethically sourced produce. An example of a
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The traceability system makes certified products traceable from producer to final buyer and has
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developed to help guide sustainability goals and certification schemes originate from the
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The most widely established and adopted standards are in agriculture, with 40% of global
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livelihoods. Producer prices may carry a premium. Yet instead of guaranteeing a fixed
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Rasche, A. (2009). "Toward a Model to Compare and Analyze Accountability Standards".
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Measuring Good Business: Making Sense of Environmental, Social and Governance Data
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in global production and trade practices. Despite similarities in major goals and
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Kolk, Ans (April 2005). "Corporate Social Responsibility in the Coffee Sector".
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Another objective is to improve workers’ welfare by establishing and securing
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in the Netherlands. Standards were initiated by individual companies, using
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Environmental Merits - Leading brands who sold to both consumers and to the
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One of the major differences is based on the level of strictness of the
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The trend started in the late 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of
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Article on the Development of the Common Code for the Coffee Community
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Other types of standards include sector-specific schemes such as the
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of environmental quality, social equity, and economic prosperity. A
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data from the start of occupancy (for new construction) or date of
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certified to one of the main schemes, and approximately 15–20% of
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were launched by coalitions of private firms (also referred to as
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standard that has grown tremendously in the last few years is the
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include the UTZ Traceability System and the UTZ Code of Conduct.
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Implications of sustainability certification schemes for the ACP
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implementation and also to work together to drive up the use of
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World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) (1987).
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Standards Map) in 194 countries and 15 sectors, and about 457
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International and private standards supporting sustainability
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
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One important facilitator of the development of most global
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Manning, S.; Boons, F.; Von Hagen, O.; Reinecke, J (2012).
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The basic premise of sustainability standards is two-fold:
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and farmed seafood are some of the commodities in which
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UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm 1972)
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Some of the sustainability standards were initiated by
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Sustainability standards can be categorized as either
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ISEAL Alliance initiative on sustainability standards
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standard was developed in the 1970s and is based on
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