important role in shaping social environmental sustainability and therefore promoting economic, political, cultural and … standardization across the global value chain. In face of this problem, some countries have launched national platforms to establish …

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. While on the one hand the usage of sustainability standards helps achieve …