Sustainable procurement

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• Sustainable procurement from developing countries: practices and challenges for businesses and support agencies
  Boomsma, M.J. (2008)
  This book explores how procurement by Western companies can be carried out in such a way that all parties benefit, including the poor.
•  Business linkages: lessons, opportunities, and challenges
  Jenkins, Beth; et al. (2007)
  The models and challenges of the promotion of business linkage programmes by large firms are examined, using 21 cases from developing or transition countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
• Drivers and barriers to sustainable purchasing practices in the cocoa sector
  Phillips, David; Tallontire, Anne (2007) Better understanding of the roles, responsibilities, and motivations of key stakeholders in cocoa value chains is required to promote sustainable purchasing practices. Building on existing alternative trade initiatives is recommended.
• Fresh perspectives
  IIED (2007-)
  A series of short opinion briefing papers written by key stakeholders on issues central to the debate over the impact of private voluntary standards and sustainable development.
• Household food security effects of certified organic export production in tropical Africa: a gendered analysis
  Bolwig, Simon; Odeke, Moses (2007)
  Research among organic coffee and pineapple farmers in eastern and central Uganda shows that that organic export production improves food security by raising cash incomes.
• Transparency in the supply chain
  Wiemer, Joris; Plugge, Leontien (2007)
  Nurturing transparency can help create bottom-up efforts for sustainability in value chain development. The proactive nature of reporting involved in increased transparency can be both more effective and less costly.
• From Fair Trade to CSR
  Hans Perk (2006)
  This paper focuses on Utz Kapeh, a CSR model for coffee. Solidaridad has been closely involved in the Utz Kapeh initiative, a process in which three main actors - companies, development organizations and coffee producers - are seeking to create a new kind of relationship.
• Achieving fairness in trading between supermarkets and their agrifood supply chains
  Tallontire, Anne; Vorley, Bill (2005)
  This paper reviews the opportunities and risks in incorporating fairness into mainstream trading between supermarkets and their agrifood supply chains. Public policies to underpin fairness and equity are outlined.
• Establishing CSR drivers in agribusiness - final report for foreign investment advisory service International Finance corporation & world bank
  Tallontire, Anne; Greenhalgh, Peter (2005)
  The Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS) of the World Bank Group commissioned this report to enable it to adapt its approach to Value Chain Analysis (VCA) to include an understanding of the factors enabling or hindering the adoption of CSR along agricultural supply chains.

Websites

• Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO)
• FLO Cert GmBH
• WFTO - World Fair Trade Organization
• GlobalG.A.P
• Value Chains for Development
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Commodity Initiative (SCI)
• Respiro – responsibility in procurement
• Export Promotion of Organic Products from Africa (EPOPA)
• Sustainable Consumption
• Criteria Sustainable Entrepreneurship database - in Dutch
• International Trade Centre - Market analyis tools
• Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI)
• Expert Centre for Sustainable Business and Development Cooperation (ECSAD)
• CSR Netherlands - MVO Nederland
• United Nations - Global Compact
• Organic certification - International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
• UTZ Certified - Worldwide certification program

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