I periodically comment on ongoing developments in the field of commodity standards or voluntary sustainability standrds (VSS).

As 2020 was coming to an end, so were many NDPE pledges of major palm oil producers. Read my assessment published in Ecobusiness: https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/why-palm-oil-firms-will-fail-to-meet-their-social-and-environmental-pledges-in-2020/

Here is a recent post on Mongabay that attempts to put the utility of ecolabels or VSS into perspective: https://news.mongabay.com/2021/04/despite-flaws-commodity-eco-labels-contribute-to-sustainability-commentary/#