Sentences with phrase «trade certification standards»

Many people assume, however, that Fairtrade / Fair Trade certification standards also include robust environmental standards.

The Starbucks CAFÉ Practices environmental criteria address many more relevant ecological issues than either Fair Trade certification standards or UTZ Certified Good Inside standards.

Not exact matches

Besides, you would need to get the required certifications and license and also meet the required standard for such business before you can be allowed to start a bitcoin exchange and trading business in the United States; internet based services that deals with payments is heavily regulated to guard against fraud and criminality.

Organic Pavilions of State Govts will support farmer groups engaged in organic farming with third party or PGS certification, fair trade and sustainability standards.

He has been very involved in many aspects of domestic and international agricultural policy and practice development, organizing, food labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North AmeTrade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North Ametrade standards for North America.

This report: presents an overview of the market trends for coffee certified as «sustainable» over most of the past decade; highlights the importance of certification in traditional and emerging markets; outlines the main sustainability certification and verification schemes such as Fairtrade, FLO, Organic, Utz Certified, Rainforest Alliance and 4C, and provides volumes of traded coffee for each; and considers the impact of these standards on coffee producers and the industry.

Fyffes join EurepGAP: As part of its commitment to trading fairly and a focus on international certification standards, Fyffes becomes a member of EurepGAP (now GlobalGAP).

The IFOAM project Regional Cooperation for Organic Standards and Certification Capacity in East Africa (OSEA) and the UNEP / UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development (CBTF) project Promoting Production and Trading Opportunities for Organic Agricultural Products in East Africa facilitated the development of a regional organic standard in the period 2005 to 2007.

Further, it is not known how requirements for fair prices (such as those in Fairtrade / Fair Trade certification) will be incorporated, as neither RA nor UTZ has any price guarantees built into their current standards.

One of the main reasons is that shade lacks a worldwide champion like the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) or Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO), both of which have created widely accepted and enforceable definitions and standards for their certification systems.

A concentrated spectrum of organic products will be on display in the Anuga Organic division of the Anuga trade show, where the only products allowed are those that carry an approved organic certification that is a standard on the market.

That's why consumer protection rules, certification marks, labels, trading standards and the like have to be moved to the EU level and also why some countries which decided to stay out of the EU like Norway or Iceland ultimately have to implement pretty much all the rules, one by one.

«The poor performance of industry and the business sector in general, could also be attributed to other challenges they faced, including, but not limited to, lack of access to finance, high interest rates, an unstable exchange rate, high import duties on raw materials and machinery, poor facilitation of import and export trade, particularly at our ports, inadequate and poor quality of raw materials for industrial processing, a poorly developed domestic trade infrastructure, lack of effective collaboration between research institutions and industry, limited access to serviced land for industrial production activities and poor standards of regulation and certification.»

The U.S. Department of Agriculture initiated certification standards for organic production under the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act in 1990, but as organic farming moved toward large corporate operations the use of USDA - recommended practices had declined.

We realised the reality on the ground and the standards expected by trade certification schemes... the gap is far too big most of the time, and that has been a big obstacle in scaling up,» Fornier explained.

Amongst a forest of Kyoto offset mechanisms, mandatory cap - and - trade systems, voluntary standards and other programs, certifications and protocols, how can you identify a program that fits your needs?

Under the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009, people working in these trade roles must meet the standards, gain certification, and be members of the College.

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