Firms and governments are increasingly turning to voluntary programs such as eco-certification and eco-labeling as core instruments for managing forests. To probe the prospects and limits of this shift toward eco-consumerism as a mechanism for global change, this article analyzes its value for...

This article introduces and evaluates the implications for global environmental change of the rising power and authority of big brand companies as global environmental governors. Contributing to the private governance literature and, in particular, addressing the gap in this research with...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Politics of "Big-Brand Sustainability" -- 2 The Eco-Business Setting -- 3 The Eco-Business Market Advantage -- 4 Eco-Business Tools of Supply-Chain Power -- 5 The Supply-Chain Eco-Business of Brand Growth -- 6 Eco-Business Governance -- Notes --...

Fair Trade certification may have important social effects on small-scale producers but empirical evidence is limited. We conducted logistic regressions using data from a 2009 survey of Rwandan coffee farmers to estimate the link between Fair Trade and social capital—measured as farmer trust...