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Vivek Voora
Associate
Vivek is an associate with the Economic Law & Policy Program who has over 10 years of experience working in sustainable development. He currently supports the State of Sustainability Initiatives, which assesses and reports on the characteristics and market performance of voluntary sustainability standards to enable sustainable consumption and production.
Along with his work on voluntary sustainability standards, he contributed to the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development's policy research on China's role in greening global value chains and the State of Sustainable Markets joint report. His past work at IISD includes projects related to market-based instruments for sustainability, sustainable agriculture and water management, establishing a World Heritage Site, natural capital and ecosystem services.
Before joining IISD, Vivek gained a wide range of work experiences in the environmental and sustainable development fields, which include: environmental representative for a manufacturing operation; laboratory technician and supervisor for stratospheric ozone, air quality and greenhouse gas monitoring laboratories; project assistant for wastewater/stormwater quality monitoring and improvement initiatives; consultant for wind energy development projects.
Vivek is a professional engineer who holds a Master of Science in Environment and Management from Royal Roads University and an International Master of Advanced Studies from the Graduate Institute of Development Studies. He is currently a PhD candidate in the Environmental Sciences and Policy program at Central European University where his doctoral research focuses on the intersection between voluntary sustainability standards and the water, energy and food security nexus.
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Global Market Report: CottonThis report examines how voluntary sustainability standards are performing in the cotton sector. -
Global Market Report: BananasThis report examines how voluntary sustainability standards are used to promote sustainable development in the banana sector. -
Global Market Report: Palm OilThis report examines how voluntary sustainability standards can mitigate some of the worst environmental impacts of producing palm oil, the world’s most consumed edible oil. -
Global Market Report: SugarVoluntary sustainability standard sugar production is on the rise with continued growth expected. -
Global Market Report: TeaGlobal demand for tea is growing despite sustainability challenges. -
Global Market Report: CocoaWestern Europe and developing economies in Asia are driving demand for cocoa but farm risks may affect supply in the long-term -
Global Market Report: CoffeeVoluntary sustainability standard-compliant coffee production is increasing at a higher rate than the overall sector, with significant growth coming from least-developed countries. -
Do Voluntary Standards Actually Stop Biodiversity Loss?Protecting our biodiversity is a complex challenge many voluntary sustainability standards are trying to address. We look at their strengths and weaknesses. -
Can Sustainability Standards Help Protect the World’s Biodiversity?Voluntary sustainability standards provide an opportunity to reduce agriculture's impact on biodiversity and promote best practices. On World Biodiversity Day, we interview IISD expert Vivek Voora, on on how standards can impact biodiversity. -
Voluntary Sustainability Standards and Biodiversity: Understanding the potential of agricultural standards for biodiversity protectionVoluntary sustainability standards offer an opportunity to reduce the biodiversity impacts of agriculture and to promote best practices, which can also improve yields and help to feed a growing population. -
The State of Sustainable Markets: Statistics and emerging trends 2015IISD contributes to a joint report with ITC and FiBL on the State of Sustainable Markets. This joint report builds off of the IISD’s State of Sustainability Initiatives Review 2014 by reporting on the market performance of 14 voluntary sustainability standards across nine agricultural commodity sectors. -
Rural Women, Partner in the Development ProcessRural women are invaluable to sustainable development and human well-being, yet they often remain... -
Small-Scale Social-Environmental Enterprises in the Green Economy: Supporting grassroots innovationTo achieve a top-to-bottom growth of the “green economy,” incentives and enablers need to be... -
Meeting China's Global Resource Needs and Managing Sustainability Impacts to Ensure Security of Supply: Copper Pilot StudyChina’s large and growing inbound supply chains are among the most direct ways in which China’s rise impacts economies worldwide. -
Meeting China's Global Resource Needs Managing Sustainability Impacts to Ensure Security of Supply: The IISD Supply Risk Tool MethodologyChina’s large and growing inbound supply chains are among the most direct ways in which China’s rise impacts economies worldwide. -
Meeting China's Global Resource Needs Managing Sustainability Impacts to Ensure Security of Supply: Palm Oil Pilot StudyChina’s large and growing inbound supply chains are among the most direct ways in which China’s... -
The State of Sustainability Initiatives Review 2014: Standards and the Green EconomyThe State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) Review 2014 provides a bird's-eye view of market... -
Implementing an Agricultural Water Security Market for Southwestern ManitobaWater security is increasingly becoming a concern in many parts of the world. Although... -
A Three-Year Investigation Into the Triple Bottom Line Performance of Small and Micro Social and Environmental Enterprises in Developing CountriesThe SEED Initiative seeks to increase knowledge and understanding about small-scale social and... -
An Investigation Into the Triple Bottom Line Performance of Micro and Small Social and Environmental Enterprises in Developing Countries: Year 2In 2009, SEED and IISD started a three-year study of the performance of social and environmental... -
Social and Environmental Enterprises in the Green Economy: Supporting sustainable development and poverty eradication on the ground—Analysis of a 3-year study for policy-makers SEED has worked closely with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) since... -
Connecting the Bay - Hudson Bay Inland Sea Initiative The Hudson Bay Inland Sea, the largest seasonally ice-covered inland sea in the world, consists... -
Food Price Inflation and Food Security: A Morocco case studyThis report comes in the context of rising food prices and UN predictions of a looming global... -
First Nations Carbon Collaborative-Indigenous Peoples and Carbon Markets: An annotated bibliographyThe emergence of carbon markets has created a unique opportunity for indigenous communities to... -
Establishing a Foundation for Ecological Infrastructure Investments in the Red River BasinFinding a better balance between human-altered and natural environments while maintaining or... -
Understanding Phosphorus and its ImpactIISD Project Manager Vivek Voora explains the nature of phosphorus. It is essential to human life...
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Water Quality Trading in the Lake Winnipeg Basin: A multi-level trading system architecture.Lake Winnipeg is an iconic feature on the Canadian Prairie landscape and its multi-jurisdictional... -
Using Emergy to Value Ecosystem Goods and ServicesThe emergy (not to be confused with energy) approach is an attempt to comprehensively measure and... -
Peak Phosphorus: Opportunity in the MakingThe long-term security of our global food and water supplies may be impacted by the mismanagement... -
Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Project Area Ecosystem Services Valuation Assessment (Summary Report)This short document is a summary of a November 2008 report. ... -
Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Project Area Ecosystem Services Valuation AssessmentPimachiowin Aki Corp. is a non-profit organization working to establish a World Heritage Site... -
The Natural Capital Approach: A Concept PaperNatural Capital is gaining considerable interest as a means for devising policies that reconcile...
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An Ecosystem Services Assessment in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed: Phase 1 Report - Southern Manitoba AnalysisAddressing the eutrophication of Lake Winnipeg is a unique challenge that could be realized by...
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