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Line of women walking through a field. One carries a basket on her head.
Promoting producer agency in agricultural value chain contracts: peer learning (in a pandemic)
… crises Earlier in 2020 participants of an IIED webinar had discussed  key considerations for sustaining the agency of coffee producers in the … certain restrictions on producers and providing access to alternative markets and financial support. Addressing power imbalances Contracts are … decisions and private sector conduct for locally beneficial and more sustainable investments in commercial agriculture. …
Insight, 16 December 2020
Man cutting a cacao fruit from the tree
Promoting producer agency in food systems – might new global guidelines offer any hope?
… and agricultural workers are critical to delivering healthy and sustainable diets. But these important and diverse rural citizens – … food systems are vital to feeding humanity ) – are often squeezed in markets and sidelined policy spaces . Increasingly, there is recognition … in commercial agriculture  and food systems governance could be key to ensuring the markets these critical actors trade in work for …
Insight, 10 December 2020
Green beans stacked into in a cardboard box
Rebalancing power in the Kenya-UK green bean value chain
… green beans to Flamingo Horticulture; Hazel Culley, senior food sustainable product and raw material manager at M&S; and Tom Wills, … a raise in the minimum price, but at the end of the project not all issues had been addressed. Other challenges included the cost of … for success: building trust Panellists agreed on the value of two key strategies to ensure a level playing field: first, the preparatory …
Insight, 09 September 2019
A carpenter uses a jointer powered by a mini-grid
Productive uses of energy to jumpstart livelihoods
… to use electricity more effectively and support progress to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 – ensuring access to affordable, … Many remote communities in Africa and Asia have limited access to markets, skills, and financing, all of which are crucial to building out …  is a joint programme we implement with Hivos in Tanzania. One of our key contributions has been to bring together stakeholders from within …
Article, 09 December 2020
Women selling fish in Nyakrom, Central Ghana. The food economy is the largest informal sector in West Africa (Photo: aripeskoe2, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Green grows the informal economy
… From green economy plans to the Sustainable Development Goals, ambitions for growth have the word … informal economy in plans for inclusive green growth, identifying six key principles going forward.  The broad base of economies In most … support mechanisms for building skills and accessing information, markets and finance as part of any formalisation effort.  Sian Lewis ( …
Insight, 10 March 2016
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Shifting the balance: equity and sustainable consumption
… planet, the dictates of ecology and technology limit growth. Yet a key element of this issue – consumption – has until recently hardly … Sustainable markets … Shifting the balance: equity and sustainable consumption …
Publication, 01 January 2009
Sustainable development co-operation with BP-Azerbaijan
… IIED's capacity to work on energy issues developed rapidly in Azerbaijan, where the British company BP was … foreign investor. In 2006 and 2007, IIED worked in an innovative sustainable development co-operation agreement with the communications … members visited IIED for a workshop in May 2006 to explore a range of key issues in sustainable development. IIED staff facilitated meetings …
Project, 25 June 2008
Three people talk into a microphone around the table
Protecting our ocean: Make Change Happen podcast episode 1
… IIED’s new ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast provides in-depth coverage of key issues in sustainable development today, and how we will play our part to make … He is joined by Laura Kelly , director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group , who looks at how to engage investors in …
Article, 23 August 2019
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Corporates could teach NGOs a thing or two about sustainability
… sustainability. All of the companies ranked were listed in leading sustainable company indexes, including the Dow Jones Sustainability … your community to build a stronger more profitable and, yes, better business - are the same strengths that make sustainability such a … to drive the development and management of fresh, strong content is key. Social media is “always on,” so having an “editorial approach and …
Insight, 27 June 2012
In the absence of electricity, students in Bangladesh are given charger lights so they can study at home (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Ensuring an Energy Sustainable Development Goal delivers for poor people and the planet
… the next global framework to eradicate poverty and move towards truly sustainable development. While it mentioned dozens of development issues crucial to the success of the post-2015 agenda, many areas key to delivering sustainable development over the next decades remain … investment in necessary decentralised energy access in low-income markets unattractive to mainstream private investors. Given that once …
Insight, 25 March 2014