How can voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) contribute to poverty reduction for smallholder farmers? IISD’s State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) Review: Standards and Poverty Reduction presents how 13 widely adopted voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) contribute to the three dimensions of poverty reduction: access to resources; opportunities and choice; and power and

EU promotes World Trade Organization initiatives on Trade and Environment The European Union signed up to three new initiatives to step up joint action in the World Trade Organization, sending a strong political signal on pursuing a strong environmental and climate change agenda for trade. The first of these three

European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) reviews the EC’s 15-point action plan on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters – 20th of OCTOBER 2021 The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) represents the major civil society organizations in Europe. Members include employers, trade unionists and representatives of social, occupational, economic

MATS Kick-off Meeting – 8th of July 2021 MATS, a research and innovation action project, funded by Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grand agreement no 101000751 has officially kicked-off on 8th of July 2021. The days was used to discuss the project concept and set-up the plan for