Sustainable markets

We work with partners to ensure that markets and market mechanisms contribute to food security, environmental sustainability, economic development and poverty reduction

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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)

Smallholder farmers

Small-scale farmers

Small-scale producers

Extractive industries

A mountain gorilla crouches in the undergrowth.

Event

Implementing biocredits: making the market work for nature and people

Event on 05 July 2022

Men stand on lorries loading and unloading sacks at a busy market.

Project

Trade and sustainable development

June 2022 - June 2024

A woman in an orange life jacket sits on the edge of a square pond cage, surrounded by water.

Blog

How social protection can support people and sustain fisheries

Annabelle Bladon and Yuko Okamura
06 June 2022

A man carries a box with spring onions through a busy scene

Blog

Redefining smallholder farmer inclusion in modern value chains: three ways forward

Giulia Nicolini and Alejandro Guarín
15 September 2022

Woman stallholder selling bananas hands a bag to a man.

Overview

Incentives for an inclusive green economy

06 September 2022

Women and men fishers lean over a boat gathering their catch at the side of a body of water.

Article

Interviews: UN Ocean Conference frustrates small-scale fishers

02 September 2022

In the distance across a large field of plants, a farmer tends to his crop.

Project

Revisiting smallholder inclusion in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development

Began April 2021

A woman picks beans. She carries a basket with aubergines with her head.

Blog

Inclusive dialogue gets priorities of Nepal’s rural producers recognised in local law

Binod Gautam
25 July 2022

News

Conserving wildlife: how insurance can help

07 July 2022

Interview

Championing public participation in Kenya’s trade negotiations

29 June 2022

Project

Biocredits for nature conservation and poverty reduction

Began March 2020

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Learn more about focused areas of IIED's sustainable markets work

Inclusive green economy

A programme of work on increasing equity, access and agency in the green economy

Collection

Insights: linking business and sustainability

A series of articles helping businesses and investors address development and environment challenges

Series

Transforming energy systems

A programme of work focused on equitable energy driving climate-resilient communities

Collection

Inclusive blue economy

A programme of work supporting resilient marine and coastal ecosystems and the millions of people who depend on them to thrive by aligning incentives with investments

Collection

Profit with purpose: the role of business in achieving sustainable development

A series of blogs and interviews exploring how business and investors can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Series

Towards inclusive and responsible mining

A programme of work on how IIED is facilitating dialogue and collaboration for a fair and accountable mining sector

Collection

Business unusual: LDC-led climate action

A series of blogs and interviews showing how the least developed countries are leading the way in embarking on new ways of working in order to help tackle climate change

Series