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October 2020

Linking voluntary standards to Sustainable Development Goals

With the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations has called on the private sector to contribute more to achieving the sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This report helps…

June 2021

Sustainability standards and economic concerns: an academic roundtable discussion

In this third academic roundtable as part of the UNFSS Academic Advisory Council – Evidensia partnership, we focus on the economics of VSS and various dimensions of related impacts. VSS can be catalysts or b…

July 2021

Putting the “how” into food systems transformation

The Food Systems Summit, coming up in September this year, is triggering an unprecedented wave of creativity and initiatives to transform food systems. Across this impressive array of ideas and…

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Voluntary sustainability standards and technical efficiency of Honduran smallholder coffee producers

Sustainable coffee production promises to improve production techniques and enhance the socioeconomic conditions of smallholder farmers. Using primary survey data from 659 coffee producers…

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Webinar
Advancing cocoa sustainability: addressing the sector’s most critical challenges (webinar)

Cocoa, widely consumed as chocolate, stands as one of West Africa’s most crucial exports. Despite numerous private and multi-stakeholder initiatives aimed at enhancing economic prosperity, i…

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Research briefing
Child labour in the cocoa sector: perspectives and approaches

This report focuses on the issue of child labour in the cocoa sector in light of new legislation at the national and European level which will introduce new human rights due diligence obligations…

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Research report
Are we making progress towards eliminating child labour? A root cause analysis in the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire

This white paper examines the status of child labour in the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire, addressing its root causes, intervention strategies, and the ch…

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March 2023

Women’s economic empowerment in agriculture: What is the role of voluntary sustainability standards?

As multiple global crises put women’s roles in the labor market in flux, attention to women’s economic empowerment (WEE) has never been more urgent. A recent report by the Uni…

November 2022

How market-based sustainability standards can help protect the planet

Because climate agreements and ongoing negotiations in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) focus on nationally determined contributions, strategies and actions plans, the effects of…

October 2022

How does Fairtrade foster producers’ resilience? Learnings from the impact of COVID-19

Small-scale producers around the globe are increasingly faced with three concurrent crises: (1) COVID-19, (2) climate change and (3) financial crises. Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic is an extreme event,…

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