This report looks at a broad range of policies that could have potential direct and supply chain impacts on the level of greenhouse gas emissions produced at a national level.
The handbook is a practical guide for firms who wish to expand their supply chains by working with smallholder farmers. The purpose is to enable more productive interactions between private firms and smallholders, creating value in all parts of the chain. It covers a broad range of topics including farmer aggregation, training and communication strategies, standards and certification, access to inputs, farm management, the role of women in supply chains, and measuring results. It also provides a framework for decision making and recommends tools and resources for firms engaging with smallholder farmers.
This report looks at the emerging concept of “Blue BioTrade”— a new tool to promote sustainability and equity focused on marine-based products and services. It describes how the application of the Blue BioTrade concept can promote sustainable and equitable economic sectors and value chains that rely on marine and coastal resources, and includes a proposal for implementing a Blue BioTrade approach.
A new guide from the International Trade Centre (ITC) provides project managers with tools to assess environmental considerations in project planning and implementation, in order to mitigate risks, enhance resilience and seize opportunities to expand trade in sustainable goods and services. The Environmental Mainstreaming Guide and its accompanying training programme are part of ITC’s corporate approach to sustainable development, which in turn responds to the United Nations’ long-term commitment to environmental sustainability.
The policy brief Proposals to Strengthen Japan's Domestic Measures and Regional Cooperation on Stable and Environmentally Sound Plastic Scrap Recycling: Response to China's ban on imports of plastic scrap recommends policymakers in Asia to develop a uniform, standardized, and transparent trade standards for plastic scrap in the region through international cooperation, and to establish environmentally sound long-term material recycling routes.