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In the past three decades, the seed sector has experienced, and is now again experiencing, corporate concentration trends. The fallout of this consolidation is the subject of numerous concerns. However, the seed sector is rather poorly understood. Thus, it is useful to understand it better and...
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Sustainability transitions have been studied as complex multi-level processes, but we still know relatively little … 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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national contexts in driving the proliferation and co-evolution of sustainability standards, based on the case of the global …, which has emphasized the role of global actors and structures in promoting – and hindering – sustainability initiatives, we … important drivers of standards multiplicity and co-evolution, but also as catalysts for the entire global sustainability …
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This overview article examines the various dimensions of sustainable coffee as well as the actors involved and their perceptions on how to advance the market from niche to mainstream. The issues at hand are very complex, with different types of coffee producers, manufacturing/roasting companies...
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The joint report of the EDB and the Global Energy Association is prepared by the key international industry experts and young scholars. It contains the results of technical research aimed at solving today’s energy challenges and helping to reduce the carbon footprint in Eurasia. The focus is...
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This study investigates the growing importance of sustainability in financial markets by estimating the extent of … capitalisation of companies' commitment to sustainability on their market value. The spreading concern for social and environmental … issues, and especially for the material risks of climate change, induces policymakers to prioritise sustainability issues …
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Environmental, regulatory, and economic exogenous disruptions force companies within the maritime shipping industry to become more sustainable. Financing for implementing the necessary changes is particularly challenging for these companies, considering their narrow margins. With the changes in...
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Solving major sustainability problems such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity requires overcoming a … inertia and path dependencies. As a result, expectations and reality are often still far apart in sustainability policy … thresholds can thus become a successful strategy for sustainability policy. In this paper, we highlight the importance and …
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sustainability principles and practices, detected in the literature as different sustainability categories related to both macro and … micro perspectives of sustainability in the economy and society. The focus is on relevant sustainability principles of … different sustainability of macro and micro categories, indicating mutual relations and influences. In a practical sense, it can …
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