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ISO 26000

ISO 26000 - Guidelines for Social Responsibility Planned for publication in 2010, ISO 26000 will provide guidelines for social responsibility. The guidance will be voluntary, and will not include requirements. Therefore, it will not serve as a certification standard. In developing the guidelines, ISO hopes to encourage voluntary commitment to social responsibility. The purpose of ISO 26000 ...  Read more

4C Code

4C Association Code of Conduct The Common Code for the Coffee Community (4C) addresses the mainstream coffee industry providing with a set of practices on the way towards a more sustainable production, post-harvest processing and trading of coffee worldwide. The 4C Association is an open and inclusive membership driven organization of coffee farmers, ...  Read more

FLP

Flower Label Program The Flower Label Program (FLP) is a joint initiative of human rights organisations, labour unions, churches, flower producers and flower retailers. The FLP promotes the socially and environmentally responsible flower, fern, plant and foliage cultivation both in the northern and southern countries by setting universal standards. ...  Read more

FFP

Fair Flowers Fair Plants Fair Flowers Fair Plants (FFP) is an international alliance of trade unions, non governmental organisations and international flower trade organisations established in 2005 with the support of the European Community and the Dutch Horticultural Commodity Board. The aim is to stimulate the production and trade of flowers and plants cultivated ...  Read more

FairWild

FairWild Standard Established in 2008, the FairWild Foundation promotes the sustainable use of wild-collected ingredients - for food, cosmetics, well-being and medicinal products- with a fair deal for all those involved throughout the supply chain . The FairWild Foundation promotes the FairWild Standard and certification system for the sustainable management and ...  Read more

Ethical BioTrade

Union for Ethical BioTrade Verification Framework Launched in October 2007, the Union for Ethical BioTrade is a non-profit association that promotes the 'Sourcing with Respect' of ingredients that come from native biodiversity. Such ingredients include ingredients that are either collected from the wild or cultivated for harvesting in the area where they are naturally distributed. The ...  Read more

FTTSA

Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA) is a non-profit organisation that promotes sustainable tourism development. FTTSA awards the use of special label to qualifying businesses as a way of signifying their commitment to Fair Trade criteria including fair wages and working conditions, fair purchasing, fair operations, equitable ...  Read more

BSI

Better Sugar Cane Initiative The Better Sugar Cane Initiative (BSI) is a global multi-stakeholder non-profit initiative dedicated to reducing the environmental and social impacts of sugar cane production and primary processing. To achieve this, the Better Sugarcane Initiative is committed to engaging stakeholders in a constructive dialogue to define, develop and encourage ...  Read more

UTZ CERTIFIED

UTZ CERTIFIED UTZ CERTIFIED (formerly Utz Kapeh) started developing code of conduct for coffee in 2000. In 2009 a new Code of Conduct for Coffee was launched. It is an internationally recognized set of criteria for environmentally and socially responsible coffee production and efficient farm management based on the idea of continuous ...  Read more

MPS

MPS Standards Milieu Programma Sierteelt (MPS) (or Floriculture Environment Project) has been established by the Dutch floricultural sector with support from the flower auctions and several flower trading organizations. MPS' standards focus on environmental, social and quality aspects and are applicable to growers, traders and florists all over the world. Presently, over ...  Read more

RSPO

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is a global, multi-stakeholder initiative on sustainable palm oil. Members of RSPO, and participants in its activities come from many different backgrounds, including plantation companies, manufacturers and retailers of palm oil products, environmental NGOs and social NGOs and from many countries that produce or ...  Read more

SA 8000

Social Accountability 8000 Social Accountability International (SAI) is a non-governmental, non-profit multi-stakeholder organization whose mission is to advance the human rights of workers by promoting decent work conditions, labor rights, and corporate social responsibility through voluntary standards. SAI established one of the world's preeminent social standards- SA8000- a recognized benchmark among the voluntary ...  Read more

FairTrade

FairTrade Standards Fairtrade Labeling Organization International (FLO) exists to improve the position of poor, small-scale, and marginalized producers in the developing world by influencing the conditions of trade in their favor. FLO International is the umbrella association of Labelling Initiatives known as Max Havelaar, TransFair, Fairtrade Foundation, and by other national names. ...  Read more

CmiA

Cotton made in Africa Cotton is one of the world s most traded commodities and cotton production is an important economic factor in Africa, with a direct impact on poverty reduction. In sub-Saharan Africa, 20 million people depend on cotton production. Africa's share of world cotton production is 8%; after the USA, Africa is ...  Read more

ETP

Ethical Tea Partnership The Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) is an international, non-competitive alliance of tea packers who are working together to improve the sustainability in the tea sector. ETP s aim is to improve the lives of tea workers and to ensure that tea drinkers can be confident that their tea has been ...  Read more

ETI

Ethical Trading Initiative Established in 1998 the Ethical Trading Initiative is an alliance of companies, trade unions and NGOs that work in partnership to improve the working lives of people across the globe who make or grow consumer goods. Ethical trade means that retailers, brands and their suppliers take responsibility for ...  Read more

BSCI Code

Business Social Compliance Initiative Code of Conduct Formally established in 2003 by the Brussels-based Foreign Trade Association (FTA), the Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) aims at social compliance in the supply chain of the member companies, particularly in developing and newly industrialised countries. The BSCI, in close consultation with Social Accountability International (SAI), developed a step-wise model ...  Read more

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