Summary
The production of soft commodities cocoa, coffee, tea and cotton leads to societal costs, such as underpayment of workers and soil degradation. One of the barriers for farmers, traders, retailers and consumers to reduce those costs is that they are invisible. Together with IDH (Sustainable Trade Initiative), True Price has calculated the external costs of producing these commodities. During this webinar, the key results and findings of this study are presented, including insights on what differentiates certified products from conventional products and how this type of research can contribute to making global commodity supply chains more sustainable.