Summary
Social and environmental standards have increasingly become a tool of choice in international value chains, covering products from crops to electronics and services. In this webinar, a joint ITC-EUI report, which aims at uncovering factors making environmental and social standards producer-friendly, is presented. The institutional design of standards, and how this can make standards more accessible to producers is discussed, as well as how standard-setting organizations and value chain players can integrate small and medium enterprises and small farmers into sustainable value chains.