Featured Reviews

Our team of experts created the SSI Review series to provide supply chain actors and policy-makers with high-level data and analysis to navigate the increasingly complex field of sustainability standards.

The SSI Review is an independent, evidence-based series of reports on the characteristics, performance and market trends related to voluntary sustainability standards. 

Our data is collected through a collaborative process with a wide variety of data providers. The SSI team works closely with initiatives to provide the greatest degree of flexibility and sensitivity to specific conditions while maintaining objectivity. All data and analysis in the SSI Review is verified by participating standard-setting bodies.

We have also developed an innovative methodology that we use throughout our reports to analyze voluntary sustainability standards: the CARE analysis. This methodology has four core elements, Coverage, Assurance, Responsiveness and Engagement, to determine how standards contribute to sustainable development.

Leveraging Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Agriculture: A Guide for Development Organizations Based on the Sustainable Development Goals

Our report, available in English and French, explains how voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) can be used as a tool to meet the SDGs and targets related to gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture.

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Standards and the Extractive Economy

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This report examines voluntary sustainability initiatives and their aim to promote sustainable production practices in the mining sector.

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Standards and Biodiversity

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The Standards and Biodiversity Report analyzes the criteria and  market coverage of 15 major agricultural voluntary sustainability  standards against key biodiversity parameters.

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Standards and the Blue Economy

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This report examines market and performance trends of the nine most prevalent seafood certification schemes.

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Standards and the Green Economy

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This report provides a bird’s-eye view of market and performance trends across 16 of the most prevalent standards initiatives operating across 10 different commodity sectors.

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State of Sustainability Initiatives Review: Sustainability and Transparency

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This report provides an overview of the system characteristics and market trends of 10 of the most mature voluntary sustainability initiatives in the forestry, coffee, tea, cocoa and banana sectors.

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