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Evidensia is a curated public platform sharing high quality research and insights on market-based sustainability action with an independent governance structure.
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Articles and thought leadership from the Evidensia knowledge base
February 2020
The debate on the role and impacts of supply chain approaches in supporting smallholder livelihoods has advanced significantly in the…
Vidya Rangan, Impacts and Evidence Senior Manager at ISEAL Alliance
Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) are now an important mode of governance in agricultural commodity chains.…
Philip Schleifer and Yixian Sun
December 2019
As sustainability professionals, we often ask ourselves what works: What works to address deforestation? What works to improve farmer incomes? What…
November 2019
Recently, the ISEAL Alliance launched a new website under the challenging title of ‘Evidensia’ that provides a comprehensive ove…
Prof. Ruerd Ruben, Policy Advisor Food Systems, Value Chains & Impact Analysis, Wageningen Economic Research, Wageningen University and Research
October 2019
An international team of researchers, led by Jeff Neilson and Russell Toth from…
Jeffrey Neilson, Senior Lecturer and Programme Coordinator at The University of Sydney
September 2019
As more evidence emerges it continues to highlight the importance of innovating and collaborating to have greater sustainability impact. Anyone working in the…
July 2019
Trapped in an unsustainable food system Food is essential for everyone. But our global food system is not sustainable. It is not fit for purpose considering the …
Giel Ton, Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies and Director of the Centre for Development Impact.
December 2018
In recent years, understanding of the impacts of sustainability standards has been increasing. ISEAL…
Joshua Wickerham, Policy and Outreach Manager, ISEAL Alliance
March 2018
As businesses increasingly strengthen their sustainability policies in line with…
Kristin Komives, Director, Impacts, ISEAL Alliance
June 2019
The world of development is full of grandiose ambitions, aspirations and language for how we are going to save the world,…
Andrew Bovarnick, Global Head of the UNDP Green Commodities Programme