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Certification and Sustainability

Fair Trade Certification

Dr Alex Nicholls (Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship) examines how over the past ten years the market for Fair Trade products has grown at double digit rates across many countries in the North.
Certification and Sustainability

Problems With Credit Rating Agencies

Professor Timothy Sinclair (University of Warwick) looks at why getting credit ratings 'right' seems vitally important to many professional observers and politicians.
Certification and Sustainability

Standards for sweatshops: voluntary labour standards programs in global supply chains

Increased attention to sweatshops, child labour, and the suppression of labour rights has led to a range of voluntary initiatives that set, monitor, and certify labour standards in global supply chains.
Certification and Sustainability

Conflict diamonds and the governance of resources

Professor Ian Taylor (University of St. Andrews) discusses conflict diamonds and the governance of resources. Part of the Michaelmas Term Seminar series 2010.
Certification and Sustainability

Driven to Drive Markets: The contradictions of forest certification in the promotion of sustainability

Professor Dan Klooster (University of Redlands) summarizes the formation and growth of forest certification and illustrates how it qualifies sustainability and leverages meaningful changes in forest management.
Certification and Sustainability

Enacting the Ethical Consumer

Dr Clive Barnett (Open University) asks how do consumers know when they are acting responsibly? Are they making a difference when they buy "Fairtrade" or "certified organic"? Can consumers trust these kinds of accreditations?
Certification and Sustainability

Introduction to and Overview of Third Party Certification

Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2010 - Dr Lars Gulbrandsen, 'Introduction to and Overview of Third Party Certification'.

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