Firms are frequently pressured by customers to obtain certification to one or more voluntary sustainability standards …. However, uncertainty associated with competing voluntary sustainability standards can reduce the value of standard … all the three sustainability standard uncertainty sources negatively impact the likelihood adoption of food safety …

in and manage infrastructure, however, are a relatively new development. Today several sustainability assessment tools … assessment of an individual project, and accounting tools designed to standardize sustainability reporting across investors. The …. The study draws conclusions as to the future of sustainability assessment in the infrastructure sector and the challenges …

Business sustainability has been defined as meeting current needs while providing the ability of future generations to … meet their own needs. However, few firms invest in practices geared at sustainability. In this paper we investigate how …

This chapter discusses the role of voluntary standards for corporate sustainability and responsibility as enablers of … sustainability and responsibility. Our subsequent analysis shows that standards enable sustainable consumption by (1) reducing … created, (2) supporting the disclosure of firms' sustainability-related information (potentially leading to increased consumer …