Labelling and certification
- Convergence between certification and verification in the drive to legality assurance
- In recent years there has been a convergence between forest certification and verification, with several producer governments said to be willing to consider certification as a surrogate for formal legality assurance. Whilst such a convergence does offer benefits in terms of reducing the costs and administrative load on producers, it is not without its risks. This paper considers the pros and cons of the convergence, and identifies some of the conditions that need to be met if the two instruments are to function in a mutually supportive way.
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- The influence of Type 1 eco-labelling schemes on detergent products
- ( A. Oman / Entwined , 2009)
- Policy instruments to protect the environment have evolved to include voluntary approaches such as eco-labelling, which has become one of the more high-profile market-based tools for achieving environ...
- Are agricultural corporations responding to environmental issues?
- ( K. Jansen (ed);S. Vellema (ed) / Zed Books , 2004)
- How far are agribusiness corporations responding to emerging environmental awareness to play their part in the 'greening' of agriculture and food? Are they developing new environmentally-friendly prod...
- Organic and fair-trade certification: assessing impact on MDG achievement
- ( S. Setboonsarng / ADB Institute , 2008)
- The growth of ethical consumerism in developed countries has led to increased imports of environmentally and socially certified products produced by the poor in developing countries, which could poten...
- Does sustainable forestry management improve conservation efforts?
- ( R. Dennis;E. Meijaard;R. Nasi;L. Gustafsson / Ecology and Society , 2008)
- This paper assesses the tools and guidelines that have been developed to promote sustainable forest management (SFM) and the progress that has been made in Southeast Asia toward better logging practic...
How credible are corporate claims to "carbon neutrality"?
- ( B. Burtis (ed);I. Watt (ed) / Forum for the future , 2008)
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As concerns about climate change grow, the concept of “carbon neutrality” has captured the corporate imagination and is being embraced by organisations as diverse as airlines, ice-cream...
Overcoming the organic certification barrier: case studies from Thailand, India, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Brazil
- ( P. Santacoloma / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2007)
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Certification is critical in organic markets as it enables organic producers to access new export and domestic market opportunities and premium prices due to the fact that organic quality adds...
- Challenges associated with certification of sugarcane and soy
- ( A. Bebb (ed) / Friends of the Earth International , 2008)
- Are certification schemes handling the environmental and social problems caused by vast monocultures of sugarcane and soy? This research looks at the production of sugarcane and soy in the Mercosur co...
Coffee in Tanzania: key trends in sustainability standards
- ( E.,A. Lazaro;J. Makindara;F.,T.,M. Kilima / Danish Institute for International Studies , 2008)
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One of the key trends characterising the agro-food trade in the last two decades has been the increasing complexity of public and private standards that are applied to imports into developed countr...
- How can community forest products be distinguished in the market?
- ( D. Macqueen;A. Dufey;A. Gomes / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
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Using cases from Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil and Papua New Guinea, this report looks at the demand for mechanisms that bring together forest certification and fair trade. It particularly focuses...
- Are seed certification schemes pushing organic farming towards corporate control?
- ( GRAIN , 2008)
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As the market for organic goods continues to grow, seed corporations are increasingly pushing for organic seed certification schemes, which some argue could create market opportunities for small fa...
