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about how they can be effectively governed, especially in transnational domains. Governance of transitions is often … constrained by the equivocality of sustainability goals, the idiosyncrasy of niche experiments and the multiplicity of governance … sustainability transitions within a transnational sector. Our case is the global coffee sector where ‘sustainability standards' are …
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collaborate over governance in transnational arenas. Based on an in-depth case study of sustainability standards in the global … governance by explaining the dynamics of competing and collaborating non-state actors in constituting a standards market …The growing number of voluntary standards for governing transnational arenas is presenting standards organizations with …
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The global food system is in a state of profound crisis. Decades of misguided aid, trade and production policies have resulted in an unprecedented erosion of agrobiodiversity that renders the world's food supply vulnerable to catastrophic crop failure in the event of drought, heavy rains, and...
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reputation in setting standards for business conduct. Against this background, this paper reviews the current landscape of … voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) globally as a means to organize, coordinate and manage efforts for corporate …
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) Sector characteristics: agriculture and climate change;(2) Climate-related policies: the labels and standards;(3 …
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meta-governance in the governance of sustainability standards in agriculture. It shows how meta-governance efforts are … sustainable. It therefore reveals the mechanism through which meta-governance of coordination problems among cross-border self …-organizing governance arrangements may end up reproducing these coordination problems, rather than addressing them …
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increase the share of certified cocoaproducts consumed in their countries. Thus, Voluntary Sustainability Standards …
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Over the past few years, organic farming has seen a dynamic development globally. In 2015, the global market for organic products was €81.6 billion, rising to more than €90 billion in 2018 (Światowy rynek produktów ekologicznych osiągnął wartość 90 mld euro 2019). There has also been...
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Since 1980 the amount of palm oil sold on the market has increased more than ten-fold. A critical public discussion regarding the cultivation of palm oil – and above all in the developing countries of South-East Asia – has developed (in the western countries). Above all local Asian companies...
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The state of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the European Union (EU) in the context of the EU framework governing business and human rights (B&HR) is worthy of consideration. This chapter follows the top-down approach: it explores the relevant EU legal and policy...
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