Publications

Recent Publication: "Seeking Sustainability: COSA Preliminary Analysis of Sustainability Initiatives in the Coffee Sector"

The Committee on Sustainable Assessment (COSA) was formed, in part, to develop a scientifically credible framework capable of assessing the impacts associated with the adoption of sustainability initiatives.

This paper examines the pilot phase of vetting and testing the COSA method, a farm management tool used to gather and analyze data using economic, environmental and social metrics.

Nota:

Internal publications are not being released during the first year of analysis to ensure findings.

All basic data will be available on the International Trade Centre (ITC) platform currently being designed for COSA data.

COSA has selected ITC as the most credible partner for this work because of the combined capacity and experience to create and manage what will be the world's most important neutral platform and source of information on the relevant sustainability issues faced today in global trade.