Building
Better Standards
Key
Issues
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Making standards relevant to the norms, values and priorities
of different countries and cultures
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Building effective and affordable monitoring, reporting
and verification systems
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Developing standards that can be used by small and medium
enterprise
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Defining social and environmental responsibility
NRET
Work
NRET is working with the following voluntary standards:
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Ethical Trading Initiative
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SA8000
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AA1000
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European Retailers Group good agricultural practice
protocol
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Zimbabwe Horticulture Promotion Council
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Kenya Flower Council
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Ugaflor (Uganda)
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Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute
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ISEAL (including the Forest Stewardship Council, Marine
Stewardship Council, IFOAM, Fairtrade Labelling Organisation)
We also advise European and developing country governments
on the role of voluntary standards in encouraging responsible business
practice.