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- Committee_on_Sustainability_Assessment abstract "Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) is a non-profit global consortium of institutions, sustained in partnership with the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Sustainable Commodity Initiative, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the United Nations International Trade Centre (ITC). COSA is a volunteer-driven organization using participatory methods to pioneer the scientific measurement of sustainability in agriculture.The focus of the COSA initiative is developing and applying independent measurement tools and indicators to assess the distinct social, environmental and economic impacts of agricultural practices. One of its key objectives is a common and consistently comparable set of global indicators suitable for farmers, policy-makers, and industry to better evaluate the extent to which their work in agriculture is sustainable, and ultimately to improve their sustainability. COSA’s robust methodology can provide rigorous yet accessible impact assessments that are consistent and recognized by leading institutions globally.COSA partners in developing countries are trained in the methods to collect empirical data used to assess the basic ecological, economic, and social effects of agricultural practices. COSA is also used in development projects, private supply chains, and with sustainability labels such as fair trade, organic, UTZ Certified, and Rainforest Alliance. As of 2010 COSA is being applied in: Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Tanzania, and Vietnam. It has been applied in other countries in the past during the pilot testing.".
- Committee_on_Sustainability_Assessment foundingYear "2005".
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- Committee_on_Sustainability_Assessment mission "To co-create, in open partnership, a common language of sustainability measures for agriculture that are widely-shared because they are widely valued.".
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