2nd Flagship report of the UNFSS published
The 2nd Flagship Report of UNFSS MEETING SUSTAINABILITY GOALS: Voluntary Sustainability Standards And The Role Of The Government 2nd Flagship report of the UNFSS Press release The 2nd Flagship Report of […]
UNFSS took part at the China High Level Sustainability Standards and Certification Development Forum
Last week, representatives from United Nations agencies, Chinese and foreign government agencies, the business community, and the world’s leading sustainability standards explored in Beijing the opportunities and challenges for developing […]
Launch of the Indian National Platform on Private Sustainable Standards, 18 March 2016, New Delhi, India.
On 18 March the Government of India launched a national platform on private sustainability standards. The platform was supported by UNFSS, a joint initiative of five UN Agencies (FAO, ITC, […]
New UNFSS Discussion Papers
We are happy to announce the addition of 3 new Discussion Papers to the UNFSS Discussion Paper Series: UNFSS Discussion Paper #4 Public-Private Collaboration on Policy, Standards, Regulations and Trade […]
UNFSS at BioFach, February 2015, Nuremberg
The UNFSS Working Group on Enhancing Interoperability of Sustainability Standards takes special interest in scaling up equivalence among sustainability schemes. Equivalence is especially crucial in the organic sector, where governments […]
UNFSS participation in events in India – 4th quarter 2014
The UNFSS was present at the following events in India in the last quarter of 2014: 29-30 October 2014 – Conference on Trade, Transport and Transit Facilitation in South Asia: […]
UNFSS at IFOAM Organic World Congress, Istanbul
The UNFSS Working Group on enhancing interoperability of VSS focuses on organic agriculture as a sector that provides leading edge examples of innovation and impact of standards and technical regulations […]
UNFSS at the WTO Public Forum 2014
The UNFSS participated in a session of the WTO Public Forum 2014 under the topic “Voluntary Sustainability Standards: Building Equity in and Access to Sustainable Markets” on 3 October 2014 […]
UNFSS in CII/IISD Conference – New Delhi, India
UNFSS addresses CII/IISD Conference on Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Its Impact on India and Developing Nations in New Delhi, India on 12 August 2014. Ulrich Hoffmann, Coordinator of the UNFSS, was […]
UNFSS in Expert Hearing on international food standards – Berlin, Germany
Frank Grothaus of the UNFSS support group attended this meeting, organized by the Joint Conference Church and Development (GKKE) – a joint Protestant-Catholic advocacy group in the area of development […]
UNFSS at ICCO’s World Cocoa Conference, Amsterdam
The UNFSS was presented at ICCO’s World Cocoa Conference in Amsterdam on June, 11th, 2014. This global conference for the cocoa sector brings together the governments from the cocoa producing […]
UNFSS participation in the Standards Conclave – New Delhi, India
Standards Conclave – Role of Standards in International Trade: Challenges, Opportunities & Issues. 16-17 April, 2014, Hotel Shangri-La, New Delhi Arpit Bhutani atttended the event as an observer for the […]
ICCO and UNFSS partner on 2nd International Cocoa Certification Workshop
On March 6-7, 2014, the International Cocoa Organization, in collaboration with the UNFSS, held The Second International Workshop on Cocoa Certification: Direct Dialogue Between The Industry and Producing Countries in […]
Launching the annual reports of COSA and SSI, 30-31 January 2014
The UNFSS, in collaboration with the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO), the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), […]
Summary Reports for workshops for ASEAN and for the Philippines
The Summary Reports are now available for the UNFSS workshops for ASEAN and for the Philippines, held in Clark Freeport, the Philippines. The workshops were jointly organized by the UNFSS […]
Workshops for ASEAN and the Philippines 24-25 Oct
UNFSS workshops for ASEAN and for the Philippines, jointly organized by UNFSS and the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards, Department of Agriculture of the Philippines, will take place […]
Cameroon Briefing Session Summary Report
The Summary Report is now available for the UNFSS Briefing Session held in Douala, Cameroon. The Briefing Session was held during the International Cocoa Certification Workshop organized by the International Cocoa […]
Update on UNFSS Briefing session Cameroon
Central/West-Africa: UNFSS Briefing session at the International Cocoa Certification Workshop organized by the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) in conjunction with the Ministry of Commerce Cameroon and the United Nations Forum […]
Panama Briefing Summary
Below is a summary report and presentations at the UNFSS Briefing Session held on May 9th at the Ciudad del Saber (City of Knowledge), in Panama City, Panama. Summary Report Summary […]
Launch Summary Report
The following is a summary report from the successful launch event of the UNFSS held at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva on March 21-22, 2013. The report provides […]
UNFSS Briefing Sessions in Panama and Cameroon
Briefing Session – May 9th, City of Knowledge, Panama City, Panama The UNFSS will be holding a briefing session in Panama City on May 9th at the City of Knowledge […]
UNFSS Launch Update
UNFSS Launch Update: April 10th, 2013 The Launching Conference of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on March 20-21. There […]
UNFSS Official Launch
The official public launch of the UNFSS will be held in Geneva on March 21st and 22nd 2013. This will be an opportunity to learn about the goals of this […]
Briefing Sessions
A key activity in establishing the UNFSS are briefing sessions which are now being organized in producer countries. The sessions are designed to present the structure and objectives of the […]
Presentation of the UNFSS Report “Meeting Sustainability Goals: Voluntary Sustainability Standards and the Role of the Government” at WTO Public Forum (9h00-10h30, 29 September, 2016) Room F
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New FAO papers on VSS impact assessment and market access for sustainable products
FAO has published a document on Impact of international voluntary standards on smallholder market participation in developing countries. This publication presents the results of a literature review conducted by FAO […]
