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Theme: Whole Systems Transition

Coalition for Responsible Sourcing and Trade of Commodities

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Key Contacts

Nitya Chhiber
nitya@c4rb.in

Location

New Delhi

Timeline

Ongoing

Overview

Coalition for Responsible Sourcing and Trade of Commodities was launched in 2021 by FOLU India. The action coalition brings together four organisations – Centre for Responsible Business (CRB), IDH – The Sustainable Trade Initiative India, WWF India, and World Resource Institute India (WRI India).

It aims to advance efforts on responsible sourcing and sustainable production, leveraging India’s pivotal position in global agricultural and forest commodities trade. On one hand, the coalition works on building the uptake of responsibly sourced commodities, and on the other, it seeks to strengthen sustainable agricultural production and supply of responsibly sourced commodities to the domestic and international markets. Its key objectives are as follows –

  • Strengthen India’s position as a steward of responsible sourcing and trade – across agriculture and forestry linked value chains associated with deforestation in international cooperation forums.
  • Support policymakers in promoting sustainability in global value chains through improved understanding of the linkages between conservation and trade linkages.

Project Activities

Location: New Delhi | 2023

Session on ‘Responsible Sourcing of Agri -commodities’: Challenges and Opportunities

Session ‘Responsible Sourcing of Agri -commodities: Challenges and Opportunities’, was co-hosted with FOLU India CREST Partners at India Sustainability Standards 2023. Discussions at the session focussed on the following:

  • Implications on Responsible Sourcing by on-going trends, such as market volatility, and respective international agreements
  • Understand the actions and best practices of the private sector, namely, agri-commodity companies to integrate sustainable sourcing in their respective supply chains.

 

Location: New Delhi | 4 November, 2022

Panel discussion at the CREST session at the ISS Conference 2022

Session ‘Responsible Sourcing of Agri -commodities: Challenges and Opportunities’, was co-hosted with FOLU India CREST Partners at India Sustainability Standards 2023. Discussions at the session focussed on the following:

Implications on Responsible Sourcing by on-going trends, such as market volatility, and respective international agreements
Understand the actions and best practices of the private sector, namely, agri-commodity companies to integrate sustainable sourcing in their respective supply chains.

Media Centre

CREST Charter

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Multi-Stakeholder Consultation Report

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Gallery

S Vijay Kumar, FOLU India Lead, delivers keynote address at the session ‘Responsible Sourcing of Agri -commodities: Challenges and Opportunities’ at the ISS Conference 2023

Panellists of the CREST-led session, along with representatives of CRB and FOLU India at ISS 2022

Launch of CREST Action Coalition