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  Sustainability standards and coffee exports from Tanzania

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 2008

  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 countries. This paper aims to identify critical areas to facilitate compliance with sustainability standards in coffee, which is the major traditional export crop for Tanzania.
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  Social auditing in Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey: results from survey and case study research

  International Labour Organization, 2005

  This research paper, based on surveys as well as case studies, examines different aspects of social auditing and certification in three European accession candidate countries. The paper demonstrates that social auditing is an increasing phenomenon that affects companies in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey to varying degrees.
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  The role of NGO self-regulation in increasing stakeholder accountability

  One World Trust, 2005

  This paper examines the use of voluntary codes of conduct and certification schemes as a way of strengthening NGO accountability.
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  The future of corporate responsibility codes, standards and frameworks

  AccountAbility, 2005

  This brief examines the relationship between the many existing corporate responsibility standards, and offers a perspective on how these tools might evolve and converge in the future.
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  Addressing poverty issues in tourism standards: a review of experience

  Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2003

  This working paper reviews the extent to which poverty reduction has been addressed in a number of different tourism standards.
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  AA1000 Assurance Standard

  AccountAbility, 2003

  Despite an increase in sustainability reporting by businesses, in response to increased stakeholder pressure, reports seem rarely to be used either by stakeholders (including investors) or by management to inform judgements and actions.
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  WTO and product-related environmental standards

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2003

  This article examines, in the Indian context, the issues of the linkage between exports from developing countries and the regulatory standards set by developed-country importers for food safety, quality and environmental norms.
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  Labour standards and social codes of conduct: what do they mean for the forestry industry?

  Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2000

  In recent years labour standards have risen up the policy agenda. Conventions agreed at the International Labour Organisation, some decades ago, have acquired an increased resonance. This paper discusses core labour standards and the statutory and voluntary mechanisms by which they are being implemented.