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World leaders urged to back innovative nature financing at One Forest Summit in Gabon
… involved need to ensure Indigenous Peoples and local communities, as key custodians of nature, are contributing to the design of, and … supported to develop and lead credit and certificate projects, and be key players in market governance by certification and managing exchanges … Sustainable markets …
News, 01 March 2023
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What makes a sustainable diet? And who decides? Make Change Happen podcast episode 5
… podcast provides an opportunity to hear our researchers discuss key global development challenges and explain how they are working to support positive change. The fifth episode explores Sustainable Diets for All . This advocacy programme, led by Dutch NGO … Alejandro Guarin, senior researcher in our Shaping Sustainable Markets research group, and Costanza de Toma, who led on communications …
Article, 05 May 2020
A row of women sitting with baskets of freshly picked tea leaves
We need more than business as usual, to leave no one behind
… value chains) can help companies detect and mitigate these risks. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a valuable framework to do … in an emerging economy such as India with highly competitive markets, balancing social, economic, and environmental expectations to … to Indian stakeholders to enable a better mutual understanding of key sustainability challenges and risks, and of how businesses can …
Insight, 10 January 2020
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Biocredits for nature conservation and poverty reduction
… successes and opportunities.     In March 2020, IIED identified four key components of a biocredit trading scheme that were key for it to be successfully implemented.  Simple, transparent … Sustainable markets …
Project, 28 June 2022
New report finds rapid expansion in markets for sustainable products
… Markets for sustainable products have expanded significantly over the … 2010 is a collaborative effort by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the International Institute for Environment and … reveals a growing appetite among consumers for these products. Key findings in the SSI Review 2010 include: Forestry : the land area …
News, 16 November 2010
Quechua woman
Here's why Indigenous economics is the key to saving nature
… ensure balance with nature, and provide alternative paradigms for sustainable development. For many of the world’s 476 million Indigenous … and are still very much alive in the Andes. So too are  barter markets (PDF) , which provide people at different altitudes with access … and solidarity   (the obligation to help those in need) are key principles embedded in many Indigenous cultures across the world, …
Insight, 12 April 2021
Collecting water from a solar-based purification system supplied by CAFOD. Chila Union, Mongla District, Bangladesh. Photo: Photo: Paula Nyunt / CAFOD
CAFOD/IIED show context is key to sustainable energy for all
… to the goal of universal access to modern energy by 2030 is the UN’s Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All). SE4All also recognises the … homes, schools and clinics, and power farms and businesses. Another key question is whether new approaches are needed to tackle energy … benefits are equally important if a ‘delivery model’ is to be truly sustainable, so these are also explicitly accounted for.  Overall, by …
Insight, 16 September 2013
A group of young women protestors with placards, one reading "Your profits can't buy another planet"
Ten reasons why we have to rewrite the sustainability rule book, and now
Insight, 08 December 2019
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Partnerships and collaboration for a more responsible minerals sector
… on the conditions of workers in these supply chains. IIED's work on sustainable mineral markets targets government and private sector policymaking to ensure a … and the ways in which it could support their work. Some of the key conclusions that emerged include: • The need to build knowledge of … Sustainable markets …
Article, 04 May 2021
Regoverning Markets publications
… publications Main publications Inclusive Business in Agrifood Markets: Evidence and Action . This report is based on proceedings of … of the workshops was to open up the space for dialogue on the key issues and opportunities that currently, or could in the future, … small-scale agriculture, to contribute to economic growth and sustainable development. Reconnecting Markets  focuses on the keys to …
Article, 09 August 2013