Making Private Standards Work for You: A guide to private standards in the garments, footwear and furniture sectors
- Document number
- 3081
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Making Private Standards Work for You: A guide to private standards in the garments, footwear and furniture sectors
- Author/publisher
- Norad, UNIDO, CBI
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations,
- Keywords
- Private standards, garments, footware, suppliers, developing countries, international norms, buyer, compliance, Brazil, India, Turkey
- Summary
This guide aims to provide producers in the footwear, garments and furniture sectors with some insights into the landscape of private standards and with guidance for turning private standards to their advantage. The information presented here is based on questionnaires and interviews with a sample of exporting companies from the footwear sector in India, the textiles and garments sector in Turkey, and the furniture sector in Brazil.