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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"sustainability standards"”.
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The role of NGOs and sustainability standards in oil palm developments in Gabon and Cameroon
… and Gabon. Part 2: Current Zero Deforestation standards for oil palm are in the process of being reviewed. The 'High Carbon Stock' concept is being adapted by a group of companies and the accompanying carbon stock thresholds somewhat relaxed. It is vital to understand the potential spatial …
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Sustainability standards for biofuels : analyses of the current standards and recommendations of the future direction
… fossil-based options, the need for ensuring sustainability of biofuels has emerged, which, in turn, led to the development of numerous sustainability standards for biofuels over the last decade. This work analyzes and compares a selected set of nine standards developed by organizations with …
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(Trans)national rules and local performances : sustainability standards in the Cocoa Sector of Ghana, Ecuador, and Brazil
Sustainability standards have been construed as potent solutions for agricultural producers in the Global South to solve major issues around poverty, inequality, bad labor and environmental conditions, and they have been spreading rapidly. Standards promise better livelihoods for producers through …
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Development of a Framework for Assessing Sustainability Benefits of Landfill Gas Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Projects
… led to a “race to bottom” with regard to setting sustainability standards triggered by a concern that project developers prioritise CDM investments in countries with lower sustainability standards. Researchers have identified the need for an international standard for assessing sustainable …
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Certification for biofuel: a means to sustainable development?
… the hope that biofuel can be used to meet the sustainability goal of reducing carbon emission associated with conventional fossil fuel. However, biofuel production, if not implemented with care, can bring about lots of environmental and social problems itself. The growing of feedstock can …
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Climate Crisis in Our Closets: Sustainability Transition of Fast Fashion Using MLP Analysis
… increased awareness and multiple attempts toward sustainability, the industry is still trapped in an unsustainable paradigm. Therefore, this dissertation aims to examine the barriers of transition toward a sustainable fashion model. Given the highly globalized nature of the fashion supply chain, …
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Análisis de la innovación y la sostenibilidad en la industria forestal
… Next, this study will focus on studying the sustainability of the wood based industry in a European context. This study is developed using an extended goal programming approach with binary variables. Finally, in order to identify the determinants of the sustainability standards obtained, some …
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B Corp certification in Africa: motivations, opportunities and challenges in promoting socially and environmentally responsible management practices
… and varying levels of awareness about sustainability. There is limited insight into the specific motivations, challenges, and contextual factors that shape how African businesses navigate and implement the certification process. This suggests a significant gap in understanding the …
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SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES AND GREENWASHING ALONG FOOD VALUE CHAINS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS
… impacts in terms of environmental and social sustainability. In order to address the sustainability-related challenges, companies have been increasingly taking an active role in promoting sustainability, by adopting voluntary sustainability standards (VSS). Companies may not be necessarily …
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A bottom-up participatory governance institutional framework for sustainable community development in a Malaysian sub-urban area
… UNECA (2012) claimed that it did not permeate sustainability. This has led to the development of this framework to guide practitioners to deliver higher and improved sustainability standards for their sustainable community development initiatives at the local level in Malaysia. This study …
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Stakeholder views on the uptake of sustainable and responsible nickel mining and processing supply chains for electric vehicles in Indonesia
… (EV) supply chain. It critically examines the sustainability and ethical considerations as Indonesia positions itself as a key player in the global transition to clean energy. The study provides a comprehensive analysis of Indonesia’s strategic moves to enhance the value derived from its …
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The Take Up and Use of Green Technologies in Low Carbon Communities: A Case Study of North West Cambridge
… for new developments to be built to much higher sustainability standards. As urban areas face population growth, we are seeing new-build urban extensions planned to provide mixed-use, low carbon communities. Embedded within these sites we often see a range of different green technologies and …
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From the Sustainability Adoption to the Measurement of Social Impact: Interventionist Research in a B2B Organisation
… informing the substantive-symbolic adoption of sustainability agenda; ii) to reveal factors that hinder calculative practices from ensuring accountability of technology companies in the healthcare system; and iii) given the restricted direct stakeholder engagement, to design an approach or …
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THE DIFFUSION OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY IN GLOBAL SUPPLY NETWORKS: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES
… underwent have shifted the locus of corporate sustainability from individual focal firms to entire supply networks. This wider scope of stakeholder expectations has, thus, created a necessity for corporate sustainability initiatives to be diffused to all members of the supply network. Chapter …
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Corporate environmental transparency in China
… disclosure. For example, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), whose objective is to develop global sustainability disclosure standards, was established at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). In policy-making practice, transparency is often advocated …