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The Sustainable Commodity Initiative (SCI) is a joint initiative launched by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 2003. The SCI works closely with the international community to discover ways to ensure that sustainable practices are adopted into commodity production and trade that enhance social, environmental and economic welfare on a global scale. The SCI was formed to facilitate the development of sustainable commodity production and trade sectors. The initiative works collaboratively with producers and producer organizations, voluntary sustainability initiatives (VSI's), the private sector, government institutions and development focussed NGO’s. The initiative receives project funding from numerous governments worldwide, United Nations agencies, foundations, the private sector and individual donors. == Activities == The SCI conducts targeted research on market impacts, facilities collaboration and information sharing across existing voluntary sustainability initiatives (VSI's) and facilitates policy and initiative development. Specific objectives include: * Improve stakeholder and policy decision making capacity through enhanced access to information on sustainability in commodity markets * Improve return on investment ratios for VSI's through enhanced efficiencies and economies of scale * Improve the poverty reduction abilities of VSI's through enhanced participation of rural stakeholders in initiative development * Improve the environmental impacts of voluntary initiatives through market growth and continual improvements Through ongoing multi-stakeholder consultation, the SCI identified five cross-cutting areas for the development of sustainable production practices across global supply chains, which include: *Supporting access to market information on sustainable products *Strengthening technical assistance for sustainable production *Improving access to finance for sustainable production *Strengthening the evidence base on impacts of sustainable products and supply chains *Facilitating the development of supportive policy for sustainable products and markets 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sustainable Commodity Initiative」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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