Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS)

This VSS project is a working strand of the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Programme of the German Development Institute. The MGG project on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) has played a catalyzing role in inter- and transnational cooperation, with a strong focus on joint knowledge creation and policy dialogue. The project started in 2015 as research collaboration of the MGG Alumni from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa. The scope of the project expanded and within a span of more than a year, China, Brazil, India and Mexico established multi-stakeholder platforms for sustainability standards in order to foster a better understanding and adoption of VSS in local contexts. In addition, we closely work with the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards to mainstream VSS in current debates on sustainable development.

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