Sustainability transitions have been studied as complex multi-level processes, but we still know relatively little about how they can be effectively governed, especially in transnational domains. Governance of transitions is often constrained by the equivocality of sustainability goals, the...

In this paper, we investigate the role of key industry and other stakeholders and their embeddedness in particular national contexts in driving the proliferation and co-evolution of sustainability standards, based on the case of the global coffee industry. We find that institutional conditions...

The cocoa industry is suffering from a number of interconnected problems: Be this the over-aged tree stocks, the repercussions of disease and pest infestation, the political instability in West Africa, a lack of agricultural professionalism, an absence of infrastructure, or the shortcomings of...

One of the significant challenges to achieveing the Green Supply Chain Management objectives is the ecological footprint associated with several logistics operations. In this study, we examine the impact of countries' logistics performance on environmental quality. For this purpose, the study...

Con los elementos de Martínez (2003) y las categorías en Robles y Cardoso (2009) de la sustentabilidad de las comunidades indígenas y debido a la falta de investigación de la relación desarrollo-sustentabilidad en el ecoturismo. En esta investigación se analizó medio natural y...

In vielen deutschen Unternehmen ist die Umsetzung von Nachhaltigkeit bereits fest verankert, indem sie die ökonomischen, ökologischen und sozialen Wechselbeziehungen ihrer Tätigkeiten analysieren, sich Ziele setzen und Kennzahlen, die über die unterschiedlichen Dimensionen ihres Geschäfts...

This paper presents an overview of sustainable finance and focuses on the crucial role of green and regenerative finance in promoting sustainability in the contemporary world. It discusses how green financial technology (“green fintech”) leverages technology to support sustainable finance...

The Massachusetts Woodlands Cooperative, LLC (MWC) is working to help members conduct sustainable forestry of the highest standards while increasing financial returns from harvest activities. The forests of Massachusetts, the 3rd most densely populated of the United States, are threatened....

The aim of this research is to develop a simple and easily useable scale to assess sustainable development in the ready-made garments (RMG) sector in Bangladesh. A framework has been proposed where sustainable development dimensions, sub-dimensions (or variables) under dimensions, and items...

The paper explores how companies from Central and Eastern Europe adopt assurance practices to provide accountability for sustainability. Drawing on modified coding rules from prior research, a conventional content analysis of 36 assurance statements companies from nine countries was conducted....