Global Survey on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS)

The project "Global Survey on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS)" is a streamlining and amplification of existing data collection processes for market data on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the International Trade Centre (ITC), and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL. The project started in 2014.

The activities are funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

Announcements

• January 12, 2024: The State of Sustainable Markets 2023: Statistics and Emerging Trends (news item on FiBL.org)
  Sustainability standards continue their growth across the world. The seventh edition of the State of Sustainable Markets report provides data that give insight into the dynamic landscape of sustainability standards and their impact on global trade.
• August 16, 2022: The State of Sustainable Markets 2021: Statistics and Emerging Trends (news item on FiBL.org)
  Sustainability standards continue their growth across the world. The sixth edition of the State of Sustainable Markets report is now available as a PDF.
• September 29, 2021: The State of Sustainable Markets 2021 (news item on FiBL.org)
  The sixth edition of the State of Sustainable Markets report provides the latest facts and figures on standard-compliant land and agricultural and forestry products. The e-publication was published by the International Trade Centre (ITC) jointly with FiBL and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).