{"id":9977,"date":"2019-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/news\/chamber-workshop-provides-lessons-for-coffee-tea-and-rice-businesses\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T11:46:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T11:46:52","slug":"chamber-workshop-provides-lessons-for-coffee-tea-and-rice-businesses","status":"publish","type":"news-post","link":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/news\/chamber-workshop-provides-lessons-for-coffee-tea-and-rice-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber workshop provides lessons for coffee, tea and rice businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) and the International Trade Centre (a United Nations agency) jointly hosted an awareness workshop on Wednesday on Voluntary Sustainable Standards (VSS) Tool &amp; Project Approach.\u00a0The workshop took place at the LNCCI in Vientiane. Co-chairing the workshop\u00a0were Deputy General Secretary of the LNCCI, Ms Souphone\u00a0Khamsannam; Trade For\u00a0Sustainable Development (T4SD) Hub Laos Lead, Ms\u00a0Niddavone Douangphonexay;\u00a0and VSS Lead Coach Mr Thavisith Bounyasouk.<\/p>\n<p>The main aim of the workshop was to introduce T4SD Hub Laos services designed for Lao SMEs and the sustainability map, introduce the VSS module and scope of training programmes for selected SMEs and exclusive opportunities for participating SMEs to fill in an application\u00a0form for the selection of project\u00a0beneficiaries to participate in\u00a0the Voluntary Sustainable Standards training programme. Another highlight was a discussion on what kind of\u00a0support and benefits there were\u00a0for the companies participating in the VSS module of the T4SD hub Laos. All companies participating in the module will receive free individual coaching from experts in the\u00a0field of sustainability standards\u00a0(Fairtrade, organic etc.) on the\u00a0following topics: Complying with\u00a0sustainability criteria of standards and analysis of\u00a0gaps; Addressing critical\u00a0environmental and social issues\u00a0in production; Going through the certification and audit process;\u00a0Breakeven financial analysis to understand the costs and\u00a0benefits of certification against\u00a0sustainability standards which will help to explain whether it is\u00a0beneficial for companies to start a certification process.\u00a0Coaches will also work on developing sustainability strategies for companies.<\/p>\n<p>Information source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vientianetimes.org.la\/sub-new\/VTTimes_PDF\/224cd2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vientiane Times<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","format":"standard","news-type":[131],"class_list":["post-9977","news-post","type-news-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","news-type-news"],"acf":{"pkl_story_headline":"Some 33 representatives of\u00a0the coffee, tea and rice sectors\u00a0have learned about project procedures, training, and how to carry out trainer teamwork with target companies.","pkl_story_authors":"","pkl_story_image":9979,"pkl_story_video":"","pkl_story_image_credits":"https:\/\/www.esomarfoundation.org","pkl_story_file":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-post\/9977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news-post"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=9977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}