Sustainable Global Value Chains

✍ Scribed by Michael Schmidt, Daniele Giovannucci, Dmitry Palekhov, Berthold Hansmann

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 727
Series: Natural Resource Management in Transition 2
Edition: 1st ed. 2019
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Value chains are a vital part of how our world operates, yet we are only beginning to understand how to make them sustainable. This volume addresses the crux of that challenge by presenting a broad array of options for understanding and managing the complexity of sustainability initiatives that affect, and are also influenced by value chains. Its chapters present diverse perspectives on both political and private sector governance, including governmental regulations and private standards, and embrace the emergent and critical value of innovative approaches to monitoring and evaluating progress. Finally, the volume offers a review of concrete examples for transformation and transition towards more sustainable value chains in selected sectors, including, amongst others, agriculture, forestry, mining, and tourism.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi
The Editors Review of Evidence and Perspectives on Sustainable Global Value Chains (Daniele Giovannucci, Berthold Hansmann, Dmitry Palekhov, Michael Schmidt)....Pages 1-15
Front Matter ....Pages 17-17
Rio+20 and Beyond: A New Era of Sustainable Development, Partnership and Interdependence (Chantal Line Carpentier, Isabel Garza Rodríguez)....Pages 19-42
The Grand Vision of G7 in Elmau: Quo Vadis, Sustainability? (Katharina Serrano)....Pages 43-62
From Stockholm to Paris: Four Decades of Sustainability in International Law (Terence Onang Egute, Eike Albrecht, Kelvin Awanaya Egute)....Pages 63-83
European Union Policy for Sustainable Development (Eva Leptien, Ganna Mochalova, Eike Albrecht)....Pages 85-106
Sustainability in Trade and Investment Agreements (Evita Schmieg)....Pages 107-121
Capacity Building to Promote Sustainable Value Chains: The ValueLinks 2.0 Methodology (Andreas Springer-Heinze)....Pages 123-135
Towards Mandatory Sustainability: Recent Lessons from Germany (Robert Atkinson)....Pages 137-155
An Introduction to Sustainability in Australia’s Energy Policies (Aleksandar Damjanovski)....Pages 157-178
Governmentally Controlled Supply Chains in Areas Facing Food Security Challenges: The Case of Baladi Bread Supply Chain in Egypt and the Policy Transition After the 2011 Uprising (Sarkis Nehme)....Pages 179-192
Tools of Transformation: From Small Scale Progress to Structural Change (Guus ter Haar, Lucas Simons)....Pages 193-208
Front Matter ....Pages 209-209
Sustainability Governance of Global Supply Chains: A Systematic Literature Review with Particular Reference to Private Regulation (Marina Jentsch, Klaus Fischer)....Pages 211-226
Chain of Custody and Transparency in Global Supply Chains (Alexander Ellebrecht)....Pages 227-237
Clarity in Diversity: How the Sustainability Standards Comparison Tool and the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative Provide Orientation (Friederike Sorg, Jens Kahle, Niklas Wehner, Max Mangold, Silke Peters)....Pages 239-264
Future Role of Voluntary Sustainability Standards: Towards Generation 3.0? (Mathieu Lamolle, Sandra Cabrera de Leicht, Regina Taimasova, Aimee Russillo)....Pages 265-286
Front Matter ....Pages 287-287
Measuring Progress Towards Sustainability: A View of the Main Approaches to Evaluation (Keith Child)....Pages 289-304
Transformational Change: The Challenge of a Brave New World (Jyotsna Puri)....Pages 305-326
Impact Assessment of Commodity Standards: Pathways for Sustainability and Inclusiveness (Ruerd Ruben)....Pages 327-345
Performance Monitoring: An Agile New Tool for Facilitating Sustainability in Value Chains (Jessica Mullan, Heather Esper, Daniele Giovannucci)....Pages 347-360
Evaluating the Potential of a Green Economy in Tunisia: A System Dynamics Modelling Approach for the Solid Waste Management Sector (Salma Halioui, Michelle Heese, Michael Schmidt)....Pages 361-377
Front Matter ....Pages 379-379
Designing Progress Towards Sustainable Sectors: The Four Phases of Market Transformation (Guus ter Haar, Lucas Simons)....Pages 381-396
What’s Next for Transforming the Palm Oil Sector: More of the Same or Better Embedded? (Johan Verburg)....Pages 397-415
The Global Coffee Platform: An Innovative Approach to the Coffee Sector Transformation (Friederike Martin, Lars Kahnert, Annette Pensel, Jishoy Vithayathil)....Pages 417-433
Cocoa Certification in West Africa: The Need for Change (Enrique Uribe-Leitz, François Ruf)....Pages 435-461
Sustainability in the Banana Sector: Development and Success Factors of the German Action Alliance for Sustainable Bananas (Alexandra Kessler, Christoph Hermann)....Pages 463-479
Forest Stewardship Council: Transforming the Global Forestry Sector (Amparo Arellano Gil, Thomas Colonna, John Hontelez, Marion Karmann, Anakarina Pérez Oropeza)....Pages 481-497
Recent Experiences from the Natural Rubber Industry and Its Movement Towards Sustainability (Edward Millard)....Pages 499-520
Responsible Mining: Challenges, Perspectives and Approaches (Dmitry Palekhov, Ludmila Palekhova)....Pages 521-544
Responsible Gold Mining at the Artisanal and Small-Scale Level: A Case Study of Ghana (Kenneth Bedu-Addo, Dmitry Palekhov, David J. Smyth, Michael Schmidt)....Pages 545-563
Industry Initiatives Towards Environmental Sustainability in the Automobile Value Chains (Pia Dewitz)....Pages 565-583
Tourism and Sustainability: Transforming Global Value Chains to Networks (Keith Bosak, Stephen F. McCool)....Pages 585-595
Front Matter ....Pages 597-597
localg.a.p.: International Know-How Applied at Regional Level (Enrique Uribe-Leitz, Elmé Coetzer-Boersma, Christi Venter)....Pages 599-619
Cui bono: Who Stands to Gain? Certification for Smallholder Tree-Farmers in Southeast Asia (Aidan C. Flanagan, Peter R. Stevens, Stephen J. Midgley)....Pages 621-638
Group Certification: Market Access for Smallholder Agriculture (Mildred Steidle, Gerald A. Herrmann)....Pages 639-656
Towards a Living Income Within Agricultural Value Chains (Sophie Grunze, Kristin Komives, Don Seville, Stephanie Daniels, Eberhard Krain)....Pages 657-671
Potential for Joint Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate Deforestation from Global Supply Chains (Franziska Rau)....Pages 673-688
Planned Obsolescence: A Case Under Torts Law as Intentional Damage Contrary to Public Policy (Art. 826 German Civil Code) (Eike Albrecht)....Pages 689-708
A Paradigm Shift in University Education Towards Sustainable Development (Dmitry Palekhov, Ludmila Palekhova, Michael Schmidt, Berthold Hansmann)....Pages 709-730

✦ Subjects

Law; International Environmental Law; Sustainable Development; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Development and Sustainability; Sustainability Management; Environmental Management

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