Increasingly, the private sector is realising the business value of certification.
Using choice experiments among end-users of water subject to an existing PES scheme in Lombok, Indonesia, we assessed potential business values of certification.
The company is still going gangbusters with its core business of providing certifications, credentials, transcripts and diplomas to the folks that need them, Pittinsky says.
There's no threat of a loss of business, no loss of certification, no fining.
However, in the case of unfavourable market conditions and of a State-induced implementation of QMS, the conditions cannot be considered favourable for the diffusion of certification, since farm and food businesses' decisions are determined by public intervention.
But for now, LinkedIn is mainly touting the benefits of businesses adding certification functionality and users activating them on their profiles: it notes that those with certifications on their profiles get six times as more views.
While experts disagree on the importance of certification from organizations like the International Coach Federation, a professional organization of personal and business coaches, such programs can at least indicate a minimum level of training.
In essence, higher fidelity data will help set new services apart, along with speed of delivery, business benefits, and certification that data is credible so business leaders can confidently take action.
Coffee represents 36% of certification demand.
Russell Simon, a spokesman for the nonprofit carbon retailer Carbonfund.org who admits the carbon-certification business "really is a baffling market," says he thinks that a battle over standards can be healthy, but that one or two companies need "to emerge and build trust in their brand of certification".
