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A mom and her newborn baby at the Maternal & Child Health Training Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
New international development goals: score or miss?
… directing international aid, aligning the cogs of the UN system and civil society action, global goals are a statement of our shared values and … private foreign investment” Publishing and using economic, social and environmental accounts in all governments and major companies Including …
Insight, 05 June 2013
Chinese supermarket. Photo: Simon Lim
Reflections on ten years of rating big brands for sustainability
… increased transparency in the supermarket sector. A wide alliance of civil society organisations agreed on a mechanism by which they could rate … often less powerful, actors. It allows companies to push social and environmental requirements up the supply chain to suppliers and farmers, …
Insight, 27 February 2013
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How to boost investment in locally controlled forestry in Mexico
… is a fairly new way to do business, one that brings social and environmental benefits in addition to the economic ones. It is founded … Forestry —to 40 national and international stakeholders from civil society, the private sector, government and MSMFEs — and define ways to …
Insight, 01 October 2013
Lumbering illegality: how to make timber sustainable and pro-poor
… exports The action plan uses a mix of government, private sector and civil society supply and demand side actions to exclude illegally logged … , agreed at last month’s UN climate talks in Cancun, is at heart an environmental payment mechanism rather than a trade agreement. But if …
Insight, 26 January 2011
New report finds rapid expansion in markets for sustainable products
… Recent years have witnessed a remarkable rise in the number of environmental and social standards attached to commodities. The SSI … altering the way supply chain decision-making is made by providing civil society and developing country stakeholders with a more active role in …
News, 16 November 2010
PLA 40 cover
PLA 40: Deliberative Democracy and Citizen Empowerment
… issue focuses on how to engage ‘the public’ in policy formulation. Civil society is increasingly interested in ideas about good governance, … Saranda Da and Un Saron Introducing PRA techniques in the learning of environmental education in Southern Peru Sonia Gomez Garcia and Jose …
Article, 01 February 2000
People spread cocoa beans on a drying table in Ghana.
New business models can spell success for African farmers
… stakeholders – from farmers and retailers to government agencies and civil society organisations." The new reports — which focus on cocoa in Ghana …
News, 19 November 2012
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa opens COP22 (Photo: Takver, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: Key decisions needed at COP22
Article, 11 November 2016
Business models for sustainable development
… paper: Business models for sustainable development: innovation for society and environment What are business models for sustainable … for sustainable development aim to deliver economic, social and environmental benefits – the three pillars of sustainable development – … CIAT, and Catholic Relief Services. Its aim is to engage civil society, farmers and private sector partners through the value …
Article, 10 May 2010
Green shoots and REDD herrings
… ‘governance hardware’ is likely to be needed: strong forest and environmental institutions effectively enforcing tenure and use rules … payments for maintaining natural forests and forest resources; strong civil society support for, and scrutiny of, sustainable forestry; and regular …
Insight, 15 October 2009