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AcknowledgementsThe Steering Committee wishes to thank themany individuals who contributed to this report.We especially wish to thank the funders—KaiLee of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation;Scott Burns and Sheree Speakman of the WaltonFamily Foundation; and Michael Fernandez ofMars, Incorporated—for making this Assessmentpossible, and for their ongoing support, encouragement,and wisdom. Similarly, without theimmense commitment of Abby Dilley, JenniferPeyser, and Taylor Kennedy (RESOLVE) in facilitatingthis process and keeping us on track throughour deliberations, we would not have been able todeliver this report.Ruth Norris (Resources Legacy Fund) committedmany hours of writing and many nuggets ofwisdom in preparation of the Assessment, and LisaMonzon (David and Lucile Packard Foundation)offered particular insight on the evaluation ofcertification systems. We wish to thank them bothfor lending their time and expertise.Many other colleagues provided logistical supportand assistance, and we thank Emily Anderson andAJ Becker (Mars), Allegra Brelsford (World WildlifeFund), Ria de Groot (Unilever), Leanne Rivett(Marks & Spencer), Kristen Vissers (RainforestAlliance), Will Walker (Yale University), andChristine Williams (Soil Association).We commissioned research by several excellentscholars and practitioners. We are grateful for thecontributions made by: Shishir Adhikari (WrightState University), Amy Mathews Amos (TurnstoneConsulting), Graeme Auld (Carleton University),Volker Bahn (Wright State University), OliverBalch (journalist for Ethical Corporation andThe Guardian), Tim Bartley (Indiana University),Tim Benton (University of Leeds), Claude Boyd(Auburn University), William Crosse (RainforestAlliance), Matt Elliott (California EnvironmentalAssociates), Julia Jawtusch (FiBL), Aaron McNevin(Mansfield University), Joshua Miller (WrightState University), Valerie Nelson (Universityof Greenwich), Deanna Newsom (RainforestAlliance), Urs Niggli (FiBL), Bogdan Prokopovych(University of Rhode Island), Tracey Roberts(University of Louisville), and Anne Tallontire(University of Leeds). We also thank David Steeleand Jeremy Mullem of Duke University for theirassistance in reproducing Tracey Roberts’ article,which was published in the Duke EnvironmentalLaw and Policy Forum.Elizabeth Kennedy (Rainforest Alliance), in additionto contributing original research, also spentmany hours with the Steering Committee discussingthe challenges of and research prioritiesfor evaluating methodologies and measuringimpacts. We thank her and her team for theirinsights and continuous support.For sharing their time, experience, and candidfeedback, we thank all who participated in meetingswith the Steering Committee on September29, 2010, in London and on October 14, 2010, inWashington, DC.We thank our peer reviewers, whose thoughtfuland constructive critiques challenged the SteeringCommittee to produce a better report: ChristopheBéné, Allen Blackman, Nadine Block, Hank Cauley,Michael Conroy, Abigail Daken, Andre de Freitas,Toward Sustainability: The Roles and Limitations of Certification iii
Acknowledgements ivRebecca DeWinter-Schmitt, Dominique Gautier,James Griffiths, Aldin Hilbrands, Alison Kinn, KateLewis, Peter MacQuarrie, Errol Meidinger, KatrinaNakamura, Dara O’Rourke, Charlotte Opal, BenPackard, Jason Potts, Carsten Schmitz-Hoffmann,Philip Schukat, Yalmaz Siddiqui, Dan Vermeer,and Oliver von Hagen.We wish to thank graphic design consultants CatSanders and Quinn Peyser for their wonderfulsuggestions and work to translate hundreds ofpages of text into final layout. We are also gratefulto Niki Belkowski of World Wildlife Fund for donatingmany hours and immense creativity towardthe design of the report’s infographics. We thankMelanie Dougherty (Melanie Dougherty Design)for her graphic contributions early in the reportdevelopment process.We wish to express our gratitude to our Chair,Patrick Mallet, for his above-and-beyond contributionsand for all he did to maintain our momentumin decision making and report development.Last, but certainly not least, we are grateful to ourfantastic editor, Jennifer Thomas-Larmer (LarmerConsulting), whose skillful hand turned our workinto a significantly more readable narrative.Toward Sustainability: The Roles and Limitations of Certification
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