Today’s global food production and consumption often stand in sharp contrast to the objectives of sustainable development. Sustainable food products, characterised by higher environmental or ethical standards than conventional equivalents, are therefore an essential mean of addressing this...

Foreword / by Herman Daly -- Preface -- Questions of enough -- Have you had enough? -- Why should enough be the goal? -- How much is enough? -- What sort of economy provides enough? -- Strategies of enough -- Enough throughput : limiting resource use and waste production -- Enough people :...

Jährlich veröffentlichte Umwelt-Bestandsaufnahme des renommierten Worldwatch Institute in Washington, DC in Zusammenarbeit mit der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung und Germanwatch (vgl. zuletzt die Ausgabe von 2003: BA 7/03). Diesjähriger Themenschwerpunkt ist der Konsum mit seinen vielfältigen...

This chapter discusses the role of voluntary standards for corporate sustainability and responsibility as enablers of and impediments to sustainable consumption. We start by theoretically reflecting on the notion of standards, discussing different characteristics of this mode of regulation. Next...