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Voluntary Sustainability Standards
Économie des conventionsGrowing social and ecological criticism of industrial agriculture in the early 2000s led to the increasingly frequent use of voluntary certification schemes to guarantee standardized sustainable or ecological production. Multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) have emerged to set these voluntary standards of sustainability for sensitive commodities.
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Suppliers’ access to voluntary sustainability standards [PDF]
, 2017 Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) have long become a usual attribute of international production and trade. Despite the fact that VSS are not legally binding, in order to be a part of global value chains, they have become de facto mandatory, and non-compliance may lead to exclusion of producers from the value chains.
FIORINI, Matteo +6 more
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Green Public Procurement in Mission-Orientated Innovation Systems: Leveraging Voluntary Standards to Improve Sustainability Performance of Municipalities [PDF]
, 2022 Mission-oriented approaches such as green public procurement (GPP) are emerging as popular solutions for governments to tackle contemporary sustainability challenges.
Innovation and Sustainability +2 more
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Sustainability standards: Voluntary versus mandatory regulation [PDF]
, 2023 This report presents the results from an extensive review of economic and managerial literature about mandatory and voluntary sustainability standards. The review addresses the study question: “Do mandatory standards or voluntary standards do better job ...
SANSONE Marcello +3 more
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Progress and pitfalls: A systematic review of the evidence for agricultural sustainability standards
Ecological Indicators, 2021 Over the last decade, there have been increasing calls for robust impact evaluations of voluntary agricultural sustainability standards (VSS’s). In response, this study reviews the literature regarding 13 major agricultural standards, asking: where are ...
Rebecca Traldi
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Analysis of Compliance with the Mandatory Sustainability Report in Peruvian Listed Companies
Studies in Business and Economics, 2021 Research on institutional influence on sustainability information indicates that organisations prepare reports voluntarily, following international standards.
Hernández-Pajares Julio +1 more
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Food System Sustainability Standards: Room for Everyone?
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016 First paragraphs: Fair-trade coffee is a familiar item in most Canadian cities and towns, and most grocery stores now stock organic produce. These products are examples of voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) and were introduced into the Western ...
Keith Williams
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Data in Brief, 2018 The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “The Voluntary Coffee Standard Index (VOCSI). Developing a composite Index to Assess and Compare the Institutional Strength of Mainstream Voluntary Sustainability Standards ...
Thomas Dietz +4 more
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Sustainability information – analysis of current trends in sustainability monitoring & reporting
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 2023 Government legislation, investor and stakeholder expectations, as well as international voluntary initiatives have all contributed to the rising demand for high-quality information and reporting on sustainability issues.
Bogdan Fleacă +2 more
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Data in Brief, 2019 This paper presents data associated with the benchmarking of the Fair Trade USA (FT USA) Capture Fisheries Standard and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard against the Food and Agriculture Organization's Voluntary Guidelines for ...
Meghan E. Borland, Megan Bailey
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