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New momentum on sustainability standards

1 March 2009
Alliance magazine

Curbing deforestation, reversing the global decline of fisheries stocks, making a real contribution to poverty alleviation or halting climate change: the sustainability challenges we are facing today are many and complex. As market-based tools to link sustainable production and consumption, social and environmental standards are poised to make a significant contribution to addressing these challenges.
 

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