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Commodity eco-certification skyrockets, but standards slip
2014-05-01 06:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The volume of commodities produced under various social and environmental certification standards jumped 41 percent in 2012, far outpacing the 2 percent growth across conventional commodity markets, finds a comprehensive new assessment of the global certification market. The report - published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST), Environment and Trade...
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