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Legal tools: sharing lessons from innovation
… are using multiple levers to promote justice, sustainability and accountability in investment processes. These range from grassroots action to claim … role in land management decisions , 24 March 2016 Holding actors in agricultural investment chains to account , 22 October 2015 The rise of …
Article, 09 October 2014
A group of women in a forest smile as they hold out handfuls of coffee beans
Producer agency and voice in certification schemes
… their own needs. Including producers also strengthens the schemes’ accountability and reduces the risk of ‘mission creep’. How small … given rights to veto key decisions? Producers come from diverse value chains and geographies and certification schemes should pay close … standards setting but in policies relating to the governance of value chains. States should also regulate prices, including setting minimum …
Insight, 26 March 2021
Tackling the trade law dimension of ‘land grabbing’
… industrial purposes. This situation creates opportunities for public accountability. ‘Land grab’ campaigners looking for effective pressure … points are increasingly targeting transnational corporations that buy agricultural commodities to produce food and consumer goods for global …   Regional and bilateral trade treaties increasingly include an ‘investment chapter’ that requires governments not to discriminate …
Insight, 14 November 2013
New report finds rapid expansion in markets for sustainable products
News, 16 November 2010
Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)
REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
… as well as the interests of investors and intermediaries in the value chains of products linked to deforestation and forest degradation. … governance that enhance collective decision making, transparency and accountability.  We have learnt the fundamentals for successful … developing enterprises can improve livelihoods for local people; that investment in adding value is essential, as is understanding financing …
Insight, 23 December 2015
Business models for sustainable development
… need to be self-sustaining in the long term. However, significant investment of time and resources at the start is key for successful … renewable energy, from responsible supply chain practices and social investment by multinational oil and gas companies, to commercial biofuel …
Article, 10 May 2010
Deforestation in Kalimantan, Indonesia, which has been pledged US$1 billion pledge of REDD+ finance from Norway (Photo: Josh Estey/Aus Aid, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
What's next for REDD+?
… at the IIED meeting noted that there is both a lack of long-term investment in tackling deforestation and not enough of a premium for … issues remain unresolved in wider natural resource management and investment. While REDD+ provides an opportunity to put these issues in … creating ways for companies to reduce emissions throughout value chains. The company emphasises that social and environmental benefits …
Insight, 29 April 2014
COP24 will take place in Katowice's landmark congress centre and exhibition hall (Photo: Umkatowice, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
IIED and partner events at COP24
Event, 02 December 2018
Annual report 2009/10
… our widely read 2009 report on ‘land grabs’, IIED was exploring land-investment alternatives, such as contract farming or joint ventures, … food research:  IIED was working to upend the current system of agricultural research by helping farmers’ and citizens’ groups shape … – and to be published, often for the first time. Sustainable markets Accountability in the pipeline:  a suite of IIED projects was aimed at …
Page, 21 October 2010
A woman carries a Nile perch landed at Got Kachola, Kenya, where the NGO Renewable World is establishing community-run energy hubs for fish chilling and other local energy needs (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Four challenges to powering local economies
… must be prepared to take time to really understand where to direct investment for increased productivity. And, crucially, funders must be …
Insight, 12 September 2016