As part of the Cybersecurity Noord-Nederland project, the University of Groningen hosted a series of mini-lectures on cybersecurity. The lectures were given by experts in the field of cybersecurity. Each of the speakers has discussed cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities as well as remedies from different …

The aim of this document is to outline the preliminary requirements and steps needed to fully establish frameworks for certification systems across Europe, specifically to support and incentivize the restoration of peatlands and to provide a framework for reducing GHG emissions from degraded and mismanaged …

Rainforest Alliance Certified farmers complained about insufficient income after having been certified for more than 5 years. The research aimed at assessing the effect of the Rainforest Alliance Certification standard on certified smallholder cocoa farmers within the cocoa value chain in Ghana.

Nowadays, consumers’ desire and to be consciously involved in food production procedures is driven not only in terms of food quality but also by farmers' and employees' welfare. Furthermore, having this knowledge has become crucial in consumers’ purchasing pattern behaviour. A group of Colombian farmers …

Sustainability has grown to be an important topic in wine-making in the past years and is now more relevant than ever, as the wine industry is experiencing a shift to a more environmental-friendly production of wine. The goal of this research was to identify the consumers’ preferences for the different …

Smallholders are a substantial part of the oil palm sector and thus key to achieve more sustainable production. However, so far their yields remain below potential. The Roundtable on Sustainable Oil Palm (RSPO) aims to include smallholders in sustainability certification to strengthen rural livelihoods …

This research aimed high since the beginning. The development of it has had unfortunate circumstances and very difficult moments where it was believed lost the direction of this investigation. After many attempts, and the help of Promperu by providing information and insights i was able to carry on with …

The demand for sustainable seafood has increased over the last few years, which has encouraged fisheries to apply for sustainability certification. Fisheries that are not able to apply for this type of certification, due to shortcomings in certain areas related to sustainability, have the opportunity …

QUOTE “Many green fashion brands make significant efforts to communicate to their consumers about brand’s responsible practices through hang tags, but their investment is not sufficiently returned. According to my research, their key consumers often perceive them unclear, illegible and overwhelming. …

Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) have deployed various strategies in motivating businesses to source sustainably, such as the co-development and promotion of sustainability certification and direct collaboration in cross-sector partnerships (CSPs). This is an important current-day priority, given the ambitions …