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September 2020

The trade impact of voluntary sustainability standards: theoretical vs empirical evidence

Global value chains (GVCs) have become a dominant aspect of international trade, comprising…

Niematallah E.A. Elamin and Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba, Trade Analysis Branch, Division on International Trade and Commodities, UNCTAD

September 2020

New UN report puts forth robust agenda to increase the uptake of sustainability standards in the wake of COVID-19

In September 2015, the United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda…

Dr. Axel Marx, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Mr. Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

August 2020

Scaling up sustainable solutions

Scaling up existing, small solutions which already create new economic opportunities and governance structures is an essential path…

Eric Lambin, Jim Leape, Hajim Kim and Kai Lee, Woods Institute for the Environment and Centre for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University.

July 2020

Time to put good evidence to good use

The recently released UN 2020 Sustainable Development Goals Report makes clear that there is a long way to go before the global goals are…

Vidya Rangan, Evidensia

May 2020

Making sense of the evidence base on organic agriculture

Organic agriculture holds a significant place in the history of sustainable development and the rise of voluntary sustainability standards. Production…

Vidya Rangan, Senior Manager, Impacts and Evidence, ISEAL

May 2020

Evaluation gaps, challenges and implications: Responsible business initiatives for sustainable supply chains?

Evidence on voluntary sustainability standards effectiveness and impact is strengthening, but…

Valerie Nelson, Michael Flint and Adrienne Martin

April 2020

Seeking consent: how the FPIC clause is treated by sustainability approaches across sectors

The first time the term ‘Free, Prior and Informed Consent’ appeared in the literature was as …

Rita Mendez, ISEAL Alliance

February 2020

What do we know about which smallholder farmers we reach?

The debate on the role and impacts of supply chain approaches in supporting smallholder livelihoods has advanced significantly in the…

Vidya Rangan, Impacts and Evidence Senior Manager at ISEAL Alliance

February 2020

Sustainability standards’ impact on food security: what’s the evidence?

Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) are now an important mode of governance in agricultural commodity chains.…

Philip Schleifer and Yixian Sun

December 2019

Going beyond a leap of faith: what evidence could tell us

As sustainability professionals, we often ask ourselves what works: What works to address deforestation? What works to improve farmer incomes? What…

Vidya Rangan, Impacts and Evidence Senior Manager at ISEAL Alliance

November 2019

What we (don’t) know about commodity certification

Recently, the ISEAL Alliance launched a new website under the challenging title of ‘Evidensia’ that provides a comprehensive ove…

Prof. Ruerd Ruben, Policy Advisor Food Systems, Value Chains & Impact Analysis, Wageningen Economic Research, Wageningen University and Research

October 2019

Do sustainability standards impact the livelihoods of Indonesian coffee-growing households?

An international team of researchers, led by Jeff Neilson and Russell Toth from…

Jeffrey Neilson, Senior Lecturer and Programme Coordinator at The University of Sydney

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About Evidensia

  • Why Evidensia
  • Exploring Content
  • Governance
  • Partners
  • Approach and methodology
  • Contact

Evidence library

  • Evidence Library
  • Approaches & Tools
  • Issues & Outcomes
  • Sectors & Products
  • Regions & Countries
  • SDG Focus

Explore by feature

  • Evidence Library
  • Visual Summaries
  • Geographic Map
  • Knowledge Matrix

Explore by topic

  • Child rights
  • Climate change
  • Consumers and supply chains
  • Forests and other ecosystems
  • Freshwater and oceans
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Livelihoods
  • Participant costs and benefits
  • Pesticides, fertilizers, soil and antibiotics
  • Plant and wildlife conservation
  • Rights of indigenous peoples and local communities
  • Wages and workers’ rights

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