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Trade Agreements with Environmental Provisions

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

300 different types of environmental provisions have been identified in 730 trade agreements according to OECD (Larrea et al., 2021).

300 tipos diferentes de provisiones ambientales han sido identificadas en 730 acuerdos comerciales según la OCDE (Larrea et al., 2021).

Sustainability Standards Mentions in FTAs

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

19 FTAs mention Voluntary Sustainability Standards or related terms such as "eco-labelling", "sustainability standards" or "certifications" according to UNFSS (Larrea et al., 2021).

19 TLC mencionan Estándares Voluntarios de Sostenibilidad o términos relacionados como "eco-etiquetado", "estándares de sostenibilidad" o "certificaciones" según UNFSS (Larrea et al., 2021).

RSPO Cut-off Date for Land Conversion

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

2005 is the cut-off date established by RSPO for not certifying operations that have converted areas with high biodiversity conservation value after this date (Larrea et al., 2021).

2005 es la fecha de corte establecida por RSPO para no certificar operaciones que hayan convertido áreas con alto valor de conservación de biodiversidad después de esta fecha (Larrea et al., 2021).

Organic Standard and Temporal Flexibility

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

5 years is the period prior to certification that the Organic standard requires farmers to show they have not converted valuable natural environments to agricultural land (Larrea et al., 2021).

5 años es el período previo a la certificación que el estándar Orgánico requiere que los agricultores demuestren que no han convertido ambientes naturales valiosos a tierra agrícola (Larrea et al., 2021).

Forest Commodities Linked to Deforestation

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

4 main forest commodities (cocoa, palm oil, soybean and timber) have been identified as drivers of deforestation and are subject to various VSS (Larrea et al., 2021).

4 commodities forestales principales (cacao, aceite de palma, soja y madera) han sido identificados como impulsores de la deforestación y son objeto de varios VSS (Larrea et al., 2021).

VSS Standards Analyzed: Agricultural Commodities

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

9 Voluntary Sustainability Standards were analyzed operating in agricultural commodities: Fairtrade International, Rainforest Alliance, Organic, RSPO, ISCC, RTRS, ProTerra, FSC and PEFC (Larrea et al., 2021).

9 Estándares Voluntarios de Sostenibilidad fueron analizados operando en commodities agrícolas: Fairtrade International, Rainforest Alliance, Orgánico, RSPO, ISCC, RTRS, ProTerra, FSC y PEFC (Larrea et al., 2021).

VSS with GHG Reduction Criteria

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

100% of the analyzed VSS (Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, Organic, RSPO, ISCC, RTRS, ProTerra, FSC, PEFC) include required criteria for greenhouse gas reduction and carbon emissions (Larrea et al., 2021).

100% de los VSS analizados (Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, Orgánico, RSPO, ISCC, RTRS, ProTerra, FSC, PEFC) incluyen criterios requeridos para reducción de gases de efecto invernadero y emisiones de carbono (Larrea et al., 2021).

FSC GIS and Earth Observation Portal

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

1 new portal (FIS GIS and Earth Observation Portal) has been launched by FSC that will enable auditors to access geospatial information of FSC-compliant forest areas in real time (Larrea et al., 2021).

1 nuevo portal (FIS GIS and Earth Observation Portal) ha lanzado FSC que permitirá a auditores acceder a información geoespacial de áreas forestales compatibles con FSC en tiempo real (Larrea et al., 2021).

RSPO Support Fund for Smallholders

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

1 support fund has been established by RSPO to cover training or audit costs and help smallholder farmers implement improved agricultural practices and become certified (Larrea et al., 2021).

1 fondo de apoyo ha establecido RSPO para cubrir costos de entrenamiento o auditoría y ayudar a pequeños agricultores a implementar prácticas agrícolas mejoradas y obtener certificación (Larrea et al., 2021).

VSS with Ecosystem Maintenance Criteria

28/10/2021 Go to Evidence

100% of the analyzed VSS include required criteria to maintain critical and sensitive ecosystems, except Fairtrade which has it as recommended (Larrea et al., 2021).

100% de los VSS analizados incluyen criterios requeridos para mantener ecosistemas críticos y sensibles, excepto Fairtrade que lo tiene como recomendado (Larrea et al., 2021).