Business competitiveness & resilience
Supporting businesses to enhance the sustainability of their production and processing practices.
What we do
Enabling companies to manage climate risks, reduce resource consumption (electricity, water) and engage in circular production practices can enhance their productivity, cut their costs and stabilize their production processes.
Why we do it
When MSMEs implement environmentally and socially sustainable business practices, they can increase their competitiveness and reduce adverse business risks, including those caused by climate change, overconsumption of natural resources and unethical labour practices
How we do it
We provide customized coaching programmes for MSMEs to strengthen their climate resilience as well as their resource-efficient and circular production (RECP) practices.
Explore our Hubs by location
T4SD Hubs in Ghana, Kenya, LAO PDR, Nepal, Peru, Viet Nam offer solutions and tools for MSMEs to build their skills and increase their knowledge to implement sustainable business practices through virtual and face-to-face coaching programmes focusing on key aspects such as sustainability standards, climate resilience, resource efficiency, circular production and access to green finance and markets.
A good trade story from Nepal
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tea industry in Nepal faced unprecedented challenges in terms of cash flow, transport and sampling.
ITC ensured their business continuity under its USAID funded programme, by sending their tea samples to potential buyers in Europe, China and the US. Almost a dozen of sample boxes have been sent to international buyers like Schroeder and Hamann, Halson & Leon, Teegeschwender and Basu in China, Czechia, Germany or the United States. This intervention generated over €425,000 of business for the farmers since March of 2020.
Standards Map:
Your roadmap to sustainable trade
A free tool to find transparent information and discover trends on standards for environmental protection, labour rights, business ethics and more.
Explore, compare and analyse over 300 standards
Evaluate the market trends
Connect with sustainable enterprises
Assess your business online
Knowledge Centre
A short introduction to this section of the website.