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Call for new African smallholder product proposals

An opportunity exists via a partnership between the IIED/SFL “New Business Models for Sustainable Trade” project and the UK’s second ranked supermarket chain Asda to make new supplier introductions. The retailer is opening a communication channel designed to bring new suppliers based in sub-Saharan Africa to the attention of the senior category buyers. Learn more

Food Safety at the WHO Executive Board

Sustainable Agriculture Network to Expand Certification System

Final report launched: Assistance for Trade Capacity Building in Relation to the Application of SPS Measures (RAISE SPS)

What should you consider, when getting engaged with standards?

IISD , UNCTAD and IIED coordinate the State of Sustainability Initiatives

ITC’s World Directory on Standards 2009

Upcoming Events

2010 SFL Summit
Costa Rica | 14-18 Mar 10

BRC Global Standards Conference
London, UK | 23 Mar 10

30th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Impact Assessment
International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland | 6-11 Apr 10

Union for Ethical BioTrade Conference
Paris, France | 16-16 Apr 10

About this Site The TSPN seeks to foster more sustainable, competitive, and equitable developing country supply chains by improving producers' ability to respond to different commercial, safety, social and environmental requirements. The purpose of this site is to provide a central clearinghouse for information on emerging standards and on measures to better enable developing country stakeholders to use standards to improve welfare and competitiveness. Learn More