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Certification schemes and the governance of land : enforcing standards or enabling scrutiny? [PDF]

, 2013
Given the challenges of upholding human rights in countries where land grabbing has been most acute, attention has turned to alternative regulatory mechanisms by which better land governance might be brought about. This essay considers one such approach:
Fortin, Elizabeth, Richardson, Ben, Fortin, Elizabeth R M, Richardson, Ben 1982   +3 more
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Global Sustainability Reporting in the Automotive Industry via the eXtensible Business Reporting Language

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2021
Sustainability measurement has become one of the most important topics for automotive manufacturers. The financial reporting practice has been faced with an increased digitization and standardization process, which was enabled by the either voluntary or ...
Árpád Tóth, Alex Suta
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Analog Classification of Human Hand Gestures Exploiting Dendritic Integration With an Organic Artificial Soma

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An organic neuromorphic architecture for the classification of human motor behavior is presented and validated. It performs somatic integration by linearly combining the activity from three muscles. An investigation of synaptic weights is presented and discussed in relationship with the classification performance.
Ilenia Sergi, Federico Rondelli, Francesco Torricelli, Federica Velluto, Anna De Salvo, Michele Di Lauro, Luciano Fadiga, Fabio Biscarini   +7 more
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Exploring Voluntary Sustainability Standards Using ITC Standards Map:On the Accessibility of Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Suppliers [PDF]

, 2016
Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) have long become a usual attribute of international production and trade. Despite the fact that VSS are not obligatory to conform with in order to be a part of global value chains, they have become de facto ...
Schleifer, P., Wozniak, J., Taimasova, R., Jansen, M., Fiorini, M., Hoekman, B., Solleder, O.   +6 more
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From Voluntary to Standardized: The Metamorphosis of Sustainability Reporting under ESRS and ISSB [PDF]

Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science
Sustainability reporting has undergone a fundamental structural transformation, shifting from fragmented, voluntary frameworks—long dominated by the Global Reporting Initiative—toward rigorous, standardized, and increasingly mandatory regimes.
Dana-Simona GHERAI, Mariana PIPIȘ, Diana Elisabeta MATICA, Ioan Dan MORAR   +3 more
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Microfluidic Nano‐Assembly of Red‐Blood‐Cell (RBC) Lipids and Components for Engineering Extracellular Vesicles

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Engineered red blood cell‐derived extracellular vesicles (eRBCEVs) are synthesized via controlled microfluidic assembly from native RBC lipids, enabling tunable encapsulation of proteins, nucleic acids, nanoparticles, and viral vectors. The platform demonstrates reproducible nanoscale architecture, preserved membrane composition, and functional cargo ...
Chiranth K. Nagaraj, Xilal Y. Rima, Kim T. Nguyen, Courtney Culkins, Nana Boateng, Jacob Doon‐Ralls, Alejandro Bresolin, Xin Huang, Hong Li, Vahedi Amid, Ajeet Pal Singh, Dharti Shantaram, Anastasiia Amari, Mangesh D. Hade, Nicholas R. Merriam, Zachary D. Schultz, Scott Q. Harper, Nizar Y. Saad, Setty M. Magaña, Willa A. Hsueh, Rachel E. Kopec, Blaise R. Kimmel, Andre F. Palmer, Eduardo Reátegui   +23 more
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Hydrogels Augmented With Artificial Sweeteners can Inhibit Multidrug‐Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Growth and Biofilm Formation While Demonstrating Safety in Pre‐Clinical Pilot Human Trials

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Using PVA–borax hydrogels as carriers for off‐the‐shelf artificial sweeteners to fight multidrug‐resistant A. baumannii. These soft, biocompatible hydrogels rapidly reduce bacterial viability within multidrug‐resistant A. baumannii biofilms by more than 99% within one hour and sustain antimicrobial activity over time, while demonstrating safety in both
Jie Han, Mohamed Soliman, Bin Zhang, Dominika Krawiel, Ronan R. McCarthy   +4 more
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Standards on Corporate and Public Sustainability Reporting

Standards
Sustainable development, with its three pillars (environmental, social, and governance, ESG), is crucial for human well-being. Climate change is occurring faster than expected.
Peter Glavič
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Conformal Thermoreversible Gelatin‐Based Gel for High‐Fidelity Electrophysiological Recording and Acute Peripheral Nerve Interfacing

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A thermoreversible gelatin‐based gel forms a soft, conformal bioelectronic interface on complex biological surfaces. The flowable precursor penetrates hair‐dense regions, solidifies in situ, and maintains low impedance through adaptive contact and hydration retention.
Ruinan Hao, Yong Yuan, Jie Gao, Tong Wang, Jinzhi Du, Feng Tian, Xiaoli Li, Ruirui Qiao, Liqun Zhang, Jiajia Xue   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

National and voluntary sustainability standards: Convergence or divergence? Insights from Indonesian agri-food export sectors

Earth System Governance
Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) are market-based mechanisms promoting sustainability in agri-food value chains. VSS can create challenges related to compliance, market access and acceptance for producers in emerging countries.
Muhamad Amin Rifai, Charline Depoorter, Nunung Nuryartono, Miet Maertens, Axel Marx   +4 more
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