2nd International Convention on Sustainable Trade and Standards

The Brazilian National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – Inmetro, the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro – Firjan, and the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards – UNFSS are hosting the 2nd International Convention on Sustainable Trade and Standards.

The 2nd ICSTS aims to bring together Brazilian partners and stakeholders from around the world to broaden and deepen the discussions on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS), increase collaboration especially among Latin-American countries, and collectively build solutions to foster Sustainable Value Chains and Standards.

The conference will bridge the gap between debates on sustainable supply chains and standards, and the challenges and opportunities these standards pose on international trade, as well as referencing the efforts with the UN SDGs. The convention intends to increase multi-stakeholder dialogue, improve the transparency of VSS and foster closer international connection to achieve sustainable global value chains.

This is a public convention open to all societies, institutions, the private sectors, academia and all others who are interested on dialogues related to trade, sustainability standards and global value chains, coming together with international representatives, namely the Steering Committee members of the UNFSS, which include the UNCTAD, ITC, UNIDO, FAO and UN Environment.

VENUE:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
16 -18 September 2019

Original source: UN Environment
Published on 15 August 2019