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In this section you can find all our resources organised by type, topic and sorted chronologically. Click on the kind of resources you’re searching for and browse our latest publications!

Type of documents
 
Year
 
Topic
 
Official letters
01/12/2022
Labelling Textiles

Joint open letter on concerns over PEF methodology for textiles

26/10/2022
Textiles

Open letter on concerns about the PEF methodology and its application to apparel and footwear products

29/04/2021
Biodiversity Soil

IFOAM Organics Europe contribution to the public consultation on new EU Soil Strategy

01/03/2021
Fairness & transparency

Two months left to transpose the EU Unfair Trading Practices Directive

12/04/2018
Fairness & transparency

Unfair Trading Practices: New proposal is a step forward but promoting fairness in the whole chain remains a challenge

22/05/2015
Fairness & transparency

Request to include the Land as a Resource Communication in the 2016 Work Programme of the European Commision

24/02/2015
Fairness & transparency

Petition to the European Parliament 'Preserving and managing European farmland as our common wealth: A CSO Call for a sustainable and fair EU governance of farmland

Organic infographics and videos
Factsheets and manuals
04/07/2023
Soil

Organic farming benefits for agricultural soils

Organic farming benefits for agricultural soils. Soil health is a cornerstone of organic farming and health is one of the…
30/11/2022
Textiles

Social & environmental impacts of organic and non-organic textiles - An overview of the literature

16/08/2019
Fairness & transparency

The Unfair Trading Practices Directive: a transposition and implementation guide

22/02/2019
Fairness & transparency

Full Cost Accounting to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems

22/12/2012
Soil

Organic Approaches to Rural Development Policy: Soil

22/06/2009
Soil

Organic - part of the solution! Soil

04/01/2009
Biodiversity Fairness & transparency

Organic - part of the solution! Externalities

Reports and studies
23/09/2019
Climate change Fairness & transparency Soil Water

Organic Agriculture and the Sustainable Development Goals – Part of the Solution

Institute: EOSTA and Nature & More – Author: Simon de Schaetzen 
08/08/2019
Climate change Soil

Climate Change and Land - An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems

Institute: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)  – Authors: 107 experts from 52 countries 
21/12/2018
Fairness & transparency

Taxation as a tool towards true cost accounting

STUDY ON THE REDUCTION OF VAT FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTS & INCREASED TAXES FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY UNFRIENDLY PESTICIDES
01/02/2014
R&I policy TP Organics

Strategic research and innovation agenda

18/02/2008
R&I policy TP Organics

Vision for an organic food and farming research agenda to 2025

Press releases
18/07/2024
EU Green Deal Fairness & transparency Food systems

Welcome back, Ms von der Leyen. EU organic looks forward to continue transforming our rural areas & food systems

Re-election Ms von der Leyen as President of the EU Commission took place today, 18 July 2024, with 401 votes…
05/09/2023
Agroecology Food security TP Organics

Organic and agroecological farming are the best guarantee for long-term food security

Brussels, 5 September 2023 – At today’s high-level expert webinar “Safeguarding long-term food security“, TP Organics, the European Technology Platform…
24/09/2019
Fairness & transparency

Coalition statement on the IMCO vote on UTPs

15/04/2019
Fairness & transparency

Joint press release: Civil society launches a campaign calling on the next Members of the European Parliament to make Europe more sustainable and fair by 2024

10/04/2019
Fairness & transparency

Taxation can be a tool towards true cost accounting according to new study

12/03/2019
Fairness & transparency

Joint press release: An important step closer to a fairer food chain for everyone

19/12/2018
Fairness & transparency

The organic food and farming movement welcomes the agreement on Unfair Trading Practices – A first step towards protecting the weakest actors in the food chain

07/09/2018
Fairness & transparency

Joint statement on UTPs ahead of SCA

06/09/2018
Fairness & transparency

The organic food and farming movement supports putting an end to unfair trading practices

12/04/2018
Fairness & transparency

Key step taken to end human suffering in EU supermarket supply chains

12/04/2018
Fairness & transparency

Unfair Trading Practices: new proposal is a step forward but promoting fairness in the whole chain remains a challenge

16/07/2013
R&I policy TP Organics

Organic research and innovation platform, TP Organics, officially recognized by European Commission

12/03/2012
Fairness & transparency

The EU Commission’s health and consumers department caves in to farmers and industry lobby request to allow the spread of highly dangerous pest

13/02/2012
CAP Food security Soil

State of soils requires policy action to ensure future food security

08/12/2011
Fairness & transparency

No space for fraud in organic production: tighter controls are bearing fruit

Position papers
03/08/2022
Textiles

Organic textiles - Protecting the credibility of the organic label

In the European Union (EU), the use of the term “organic” in relation to textiles is not protected the same…
29/09/2018
Fairness & transparency

Position Paper on the Commission’s Proposal for a Directive on Unfair Trading Practices

19/09/2011
Soil

The EU Soil Directive – building the foundations for a quagmire or healthy humus?

 
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