Environmental problems and their local, national, and global solutions have taken on ever-increasing importance in today's world. Economic analysis of environmental problems is essential, but economic perspectives must be complemented with an understanding of the principles of ecological...

Driven by market, consumer preferences and recent climate change discussions, the usage of ‘sustainability' standards has over the last decade gained ground worldwide. Sustainability standards are largely voluntary, non-mandatory and an increasingly important component of the green economy....

Eine wissenschaftliche Verortung von Fair Trade, dem Versuch, beim Import aus Entwicklungsländern stärker soziale und ökologische Kriterien zur Geltung zu bringen, in der Theorie und Politik des Außenhandels. (Siegfried Lörcher)

Die Autoren stellen das Konzept Fair Trade aus der Perspektive nachhaltiger Entwicklung dar. Die jüngste Vergangenheit hat gezeigt, dass sich der internationale Handel zwar weiterhin durch eine hohe Dynamik auszeichnet. Viele Entwicklungsländer und besonders bestimmte Bevölkerungsgruppen in...

Global value chains (GVCs) play a crucial role in today's international trade. High value-added activities tend to cluster at the start and the end of GVCs, resulting in a U-shaped relationship across production steps known as the "smile curve". The distribution of CO2 emissions along the value...