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Florentine Meinshausen

Activity areas

  • Smallholder group certification
  • International training curriculums
  • Fair trade and social responsibility

Training / professional career

  • Since 2015 freelance consultant in sustainability standards and smallholder group certification
  • 2000 - 2015 management of organic and fair trade certification and standard development in an international certification body
  • 1993 - 1998: Studies in Environmental Science at ETH Zurich

Committee work / further activities

  • Member of the governing board of International Certification Biosuisse (ICB).
  • Advisory board member of the FairWild foundation.
  • Mandates for ISEAL Alliance, IFOAM-Organics International, FLOCERT and other organisations.

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

  • Meinshausen et al. (2008 & 2011) Fair for Life – Fair Trade and Social Responsibility Certification Programme. Institute for Marketecology (IMO), Weinfelden
  • Meinshausen, F. und Eisenlohr, U. (2004): IFOAM Manual for Smallholder Group Certification and Training curriculum for producer organisations. IFOAM-Organics Interational, Bonn.
  • Meinshausen, F. and May, C. (2004) IFOAM Training Curriculum in Smallholder Group Certification for Certification Bodies. IFOAM-Organics International. Bonn