This report illustrates how companies can implement the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact throughout their supply chains and integrate sustainability into procurement strategies.
The COVID-19 crisis has caused economic shockwaves around the globe, highlighting the interconnectedness of countries through global value chains and the importance of a resilient trading system. Appropriate trade policies and regulations can help accelerate the post-crisis recovery. This policy brief focuses on Aid for Trade as a means to promote green trade and build climate resilience.
The recommendations in this report address action required by public and private players at each stage of the food supply chain, including food redistribution. The recommendations also include a set of horizontal or ‘cross-cutting’ recommendations, which are common across various stages of the food value chain, often involve multiple actors and are needed to achieve the global food loss and waste targets.
This policy brief reviews ongoing challenges and proposes measures to protect production and income of the fisheries and aquaculture sector as well as maintain operations and support the supply chain.
This policy brief aim is to inform policymakers on options for mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on food and agriculture, with attention to smallholders’ access to markets. It builds on lessons learned from previous pandemics and prices volatility crisis.