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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 2022 Voluntary standards have become a promising mode of governance to promote sustainable production and consumption in global value chains. Despite a growing number of studies on consumers' preferences for sustainable products, insufficient attention has ...
Sarah Iweala, Yixian Sun
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Voluntary assurance on sustainability reporting in European companies prior to CSRD implementation [PDF]
Zeszyty Teoretyczne RachunkowościPurpose: The paper presents the practices of voluntary assurance on sustainability information disclosure in European companies before the implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
Małgorzata Macuda, Paweł Zieniuk
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Voluntary sector responses to increased resourcing challenges [PDF]
, 2009 Purpose: Drug treatment services in the UK have recently undergone significant expansion, alongside the introduction of a set of quality standards which included the management of people.
Kelliher, Clare, Parry, Emma
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Tackling Overproduction? The Limits of Multistakeholder Initiatives in Fashion
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2022 Within global value chains, multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) have become the chief means to address the environmental sustainability concerns rife throughout fibre, textile and garment production.
Alice Payne, Zoe Mellick
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Balancing Public and Private Regulation
Utrecht Law Review, 2016 Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) might develop into a viable alternative to public regulation. However, it turns on the (regulatory) circumstances whether that holds true in practice. If public regulation on CSR topics is lacking, governments are
Martijn Scheltema
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Results of the global survey on Voluntary Sustainability Standards [PDF]
, 2015 Results of the global survey on Voluntary Sustainability Standards: - Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) area worldwide and selected commodities - Cocoa: Area growth by VSS 2008-2014 - Growth of VSS compliant area worldwide 2008-2013 (selected ...
Lernoud, Julia
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Stories of Sustainability: Race to Zero Waste
, 2021 Temple University Office of Sustainability Race to Zero Waste #EcoChampion (Philadelphia, Pa.)Fox School of BusinessManagement Information SystemsInformation Technology ServicesTemple Sustainability highlighted zero waste strategies from EcoChampions on ...
Temple Sustainability
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 The growing interest in incentivizing sustainable agricultural practices is supported by a large network of voluntary production standards, which aim to offer farmers and ranchers increased value for their product in support of reduced environmental ...
Kevin E. Jablonski +4 more
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CSR, voluntary standards and sustainability
, 2015 This chapter talks about corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable business. It explores how businesses interact with sustainability, and examines the concept and practice of CSR. The chapter looks at the voluntary standards and tools used by businesses for managing their environmental and social responsibilities.
Long, T.B., Tallontire, A., Young, C.
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Controversy over voluntary environmental standards [PDF]
, 2019 Voluntary standards certifying environmental qualities of labeled products have proliferated across sectors and countries. Effectuating these standards requires the collaboration among and between creators (typically firms and non-governmental ...
Chiroleu-Assouline, Mireille +4 more
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