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Global Hand Standards introductory page You can also view this page in German. Diese Seite ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar.
Global Hand Principles
Global Hand, and its parent NGO, Crossroads Foundation, aims to ensure that aid given is good aid. You can find a range of standards, specific to sectors of the disaster and development spectrum, in our Standards, Guidelines and Toolkits section. A high level summary of Global Hand's standards...
Draft Two SFTMS (Sustainable Fair Trade Management System) Standard
SFTMS is the new worldwide standard for the independent certification of organisations which demonstrate Fair Trade business practices. The requirements of this standard are applicable to any organisation applying Fair Trade principles in all its business processes regardless of the nature of...
Making Private Standards Work for You: A guide to private standards in the garments, footwear and furniture sectors
Today, more and more companies in developing countries and emerging economies are becoming global producers. The liberalisation of consumer markets provides these companies with opportunities for exporting their products to global markets where they are increasingly required to comply with...
3.1 Financial Auditing
Global Hand and its members endorse the InterAction network's GIK-specific Standards (the AERDO GIK Standards). Global Hand is seeking, however, to apply the embedded principles in a broader, international context, as the AERDO GIK Standards were written specifically for US based non-profit GIK...
3.6 Programme
Global Hand recommends InterAction's PVO Standards, summarised here, where applicable to these issues.
1.1 Food or beverages
Global Hand recommends The Sphere Project's Minimum Standards (these specify the minimum levels to be attained in each area), where applicable to food and beverages. This document examines the relevant Sphere Project Standards.
3.2 Legal Issues
Global Hand recommends InterAction's PVO Standards (InterAction), where applicable to legal issues.
3.3. Communications to the Public
Global Hand recommends InterAction's PVO Standards (InterAction), where applicable to this issue.
3.4 Organisational Integrity / Transparency
Global Hand recommends InterAction's PVO Standards (InterAction), where applicable to this issue.
Source Material
The Global Hand standards were extracted from among the following documents. We also list here some other humanitarian principles and standards documents which guided and informed the first draft of the Global Hand standards.
1. Product
Right product, rightly placed with right outcomes is the very essence of this industry. This section has entries of two kinds. Where existing standards are of relevance to product, appropriate sections are excerpted (e.g. WHO, Sphere). Where we have found little by way of existing standards for...
2. Services
Good cargo, if handled badly, can result in poor, even grievous, outcomes. Related services are therefore included in the development of these standards.
1.5 Household goods
Global Hand recommends The Sphere Project's Minimum Standards, where applicable to household goods. "Families have access to household utensils, soap for personal hygiene and tools for their dignity and well-being."
2.3 Freight: Resource Management
Global Hand recommends The Sphere Project's Minimum Standards where applicable to management of resources.
1.4 Clothing or footwear or accessories or fabric
Global Hand recommends The Sphere Project's Minimum Standards, where applicable to clothing. "The people affected by the disaster have sufficient blankets and clothing to provide protection from the climate and to ensure their dignity, safety and well-being."
2.2 Freight: Distribution
Global Hand recommends The Sphere Project's Minimum Standards where applicable to distribution of goods.
2.1 Freight: Supply Chain Management
Global Hand recommends The Sphere Project's Minimum Standards (Sphere), where applicable to logistics and transportation.
Gift-in-Kind Standards - Association of Evangelical Relief and Development Organisations
Gift-in-Kind Standards is a document produced by the Association of Evangelical Relief and Development Organisations that provides information about the valuation practices, required documentation, revenue & expense recognition, disclosures, and service fees in respect of gift-in-kind (GIK)...
Unilever and WWF establish certification for sustainable fisheries
The MSC Standard by the Marine Stewardship Council is the only internationally recognised set of environmental principles for assessing fisheries to establish whether they are well managed and sustainable. The MSC is an independent, global, non-profit organisation which was set up to find a...