Sustainability Certification

Author : Melissa Vogt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351331449

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Sustainability Certification Schemes in the Agricultural and Natural Resource Sectors by Melissa Vogt Pdf

This book provides a balanced critique of a range of international sustainability certification schemes across nine agricultural and natural resource industries. Certification schemes set standards through intramarket private and multi-stakeholder mechanisms, and while third-party verification is often compulsory, certification schemes are regulated voluntarily rather than legislatively. This volume examines the intricacies of certification schemes and the issues they seek to address and provides the context within which each scheme operates. While a distinction between sustainability certifications and extra-markets or intrabusiness codes of conducts is made, the book also demonstrates how both are often working towards similar sustainability objectives. Each chapter highlights a different sector, including animal welfare, biodiversity, biofuels, coffee, fisheries, flowers, forest management and mining, with the contributions offering interdisciplinary perspectives and utilising a wide range of methodologies. The realities, achievements and challenges faced by varying certification schemes are discussed, identifying common outcomes and findings and concluding with recommendations for future practice and research. The book is aimed at advanced students, researchers and professionals in agribusiness, natural resource economics, sustainability assessment and corporate social responsibility.

Author : Jan Per Bethge
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783643903969

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Sustainability Certification by Jan Per Bethge Pdf

Sustainability certification is generally seen as a promising tool to improve environmental, social, and economic activities along global value chains of commodities. Relying on theories of new institutionalism, this book locates sustainability certification programs as forms of private governance in the broader categorical framework of global governance and compares two prominent programs. It studies commonalities and differences of Fairtrade and the Rainforest Alliance on the program level and analyzes their implementation and impacts on the livelihoods of cocoa farmers in Ghana. (Series: New Cologne Cooperative Science / Neue Kolner Genossenschaftswissenschaft - Vol. 8) [Subject: Sustainability Studies, Agricultural Studies, Environmental Studies, Business, African Studies]

Author : Stefân Gâslason,Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789289325455

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Sustainability certification of Nordic tourist destinations by Stefân Gâslason,Nordic Council of Ministers Pdf

An expert workshop on sustainability certification of tourist destinations was held at the Swedish EPA (Naturvêrdsverket) in Stockholm Tuesday the 11th of September 2012. The workshop in Stockholm built on a study, conducted in 2011 by Environice for the Nordic Council of Ministers. The aim was to explore and widen the recommendations from the earlier study with the target to create a professional and reliable foundation for further decision and policy making. The workshop was commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers' group on small communities (Smêsamfundsgruppen). This report includes a summary of the workshop's group discussions, followed by revised recommendations for future work, based on the workshop results. The main conclusion of the workshop was that the Nordic countries should develop a common Nordic system for sustainability certification of tourist destinations.

Author : Januarti Sinarra Tjajadi,Anastasia Lucy Yang,Daisuke Naito,Shintia Dian Arwida
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Lessons from environmental and social sustainability certification standards for equitable REDD+ benefit-sharing mechanisms by Januarti Sinarra Tjajadi,Anastasia Lucy Yang,Daisuke Naito,Shintia Dian Arwida Pdf

Author : Sophia M Gnych,Godwin Limberg,Gary Paoli
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9786023870196

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Risky business: Uptake and implementation of sustainability standards and certification schemes in the Indonesian palm oil sector by Sophia M Gnych,Godwin Limberg,Gary Paoli Pdf

Evolving international sustainability norms demand greater environmental and social responsibility from business across global commodity chains – from countries of origin to countries of consumption. Conventional commandand-control regulation has had limited success in addressing negative environmental and social impacts. As a result, advocacy groups and NGOs have championed a diversity of market-based and multi-stakeholder governance approaches aimed at shifting the private sector towards delivering more sustainable business models. Multiple non-state, market-driven social and environmental standards have emerged for palm oil. Through interviews with growers and key stakeholders in the Indonesian palm oil industry this occasional paper explores the motivations driving the uptake of sustainability standards, as well as the factors supporting and preventing implementation of sustainability standards, and asks, what model of “sustainable” oil palm agriculture is ultimately being built?

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Fisheries
ISBN : MINN:31951D03769540D

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The Role of Certification in Rewarding Sustainable Fishing by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Pdf

Author : Tiberio Daddi,Fabio Iraldo,Francesco Testa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317665687

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Environmental Certification for Organisations and Products by Tiberio Daddi,Fabio Iraldo,Francesco Testa Pdf

Environmental certification is an effective tool for managing the environmental impact of companies, leveraging their competitive capabilities and ensuring their compliance with environmental principles. A growing number of countries across the world are adopting this practice and the growth of new environmental standards – with different scopes, aims and roles – calls for a clear and updated systematization of the issue. This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the different environmental certification tools. As well as examining practical methods of implementing the standards for each type of certification, the book discusses their added value from a corporate management perspective. In identifying the most important requirements and standards for the issuing of environmental certification of both products and processes, the book demonstrates how companies can use operational methods to develop an environmental management system or a product certification in practice. Balancing a complete theoretical presentation of the issue with an operational perspective, the book supports the adoption and implementation of environmental certification tools. It will be a valuable resource for professionals as well as students and scholars of environmental management, sustainable business and corporate social responsibility.

Author : Melissa Vogt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351331456

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Sustainability Certification Schemes in the Agricultural and Natural Resource Sectors by Melissa Vogt Pdf

This book provides a balanced critique of a range of international sustainability certification schemes across nine agricultural and natural resource industries. Certification schemes set standards through intramarket private and multi-stakeholder mechanisms, and while third-party verification is often compulsory, certification schemes are regulated voluntarily rather than legislatively. This volume examines the intricacies of certification schemes and the issues they seek to address and provides the context within which each scheme operates. While a distinction between sustainability certifications and extra-markets or intrabusiness codes of conducts is made, the book also demonstrates how both are often working towards similar sustainability objectives. Each chapter highlights a different sector, including animal welfare, biodiversity, biofuels, coffee, fisheries, flowers, forest management and mining, with the contributions offering interdisciplinary perspectives and utilising a wide range of methodologies. The realities, achievements and challenges faced by varying certification schemes are discussed, identifying common outcomes and findings and concluding with recommendations for future practice and research. The book is aimed at advanced students, researchers and professionals in agribusiness, natural resource economics, sustainability assessment and corporate social responsibility.

Author : Thilo Ebert,Natalie Eßig,Gerd Hauser
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783955531683

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Green Building Certification Systems by Thilo Ebert,Natalie Eßig,Gerd Hauser Pdf

Certification systems for buildings aim to make sustainability transparent for the general public and economically feasible for investors. Several hundred systems have been developed since around 1990.

Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program,Committee on Certification of Sustainable Products and Services
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309147118

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Certifiably Sustainable? by National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program,Committee on Certification of Sustainable Products and Services Pdf

Consumption of goods and services represents a growing share of global economic activity. In the United States, consumption accounts for more than two-thirds of gross domestic product. This trend of increasing consumption has brought with it negative consequences for the environment and human well-being. Global demand for energy, food, and all manner of goods is on the rise, putting strains on the natural and human capital required to produce them. Extractive industries and production processes are prominent causes of species endangerment. Modern economies are underpinned by substantial energy consumption, a primary contributor to the current climate crisis. Expanding international trade has led to many economic opportunities, but has also contributed to unfair labor practices and wealth disparities. While certain processes have improved or become more efficient, and certain practices have been outlawed or amended, the sheer scale of global consumption and its attendant impacts continue to be major challenges we face in the transition to sustainability. Third-party certification systems have emerged over the last 15 years as a tool with some promise. There has been anecdotal evidence of success, but to date the overall impact of certified goods and services has been small. Moreover, definitions of sustainable vary across sectors and markets, and rigorous assessments of these programs have been few and far between. In order to take a step in learning from this field of practice, the National Academies' Science and Technology for Sustainability Program held a workshop to illuminate the decision making process of those who purchase and produce certified goods and services. It was also intended to help clarify the scope and limitations of the scientific knowledge that might contribute to the economic success of certified products. The workshop, summarized in this volume, involved presentations and discussions with approximately 40 invited experts from academia, business, government, and nongovernmental organizations.

Author : H. S. Gupta,M. Yadav,D. K. Sarma,A. M. Singh
Publisher : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9788179934951

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Ensuring Sustainability in Forestry by H. S. Gupta,M. Yadav,D. K. Sarma,A. M. Singh Pdf

Ensuring Sustainability in Forestry: certification of forests details the concepts and approaches required to meet the desired international standards of forest certification. It brings together important issues related to forest certification, which need to be applied and utilized in the context of forests in India in the present scenario. It also focuses on economic factors, greening of certification processes, and the interface between technical and business knowledge. Drawing on a wealth of information provided by valuable studies across the globe, this volume discusses forest certification and its impact on conservation and development of biodiversity. It is a comprehensive and detailed guide for forest managers, owners, and consultants; government foresters; and forest product traders.

Author : Kuit, M.,Waarts, Y.
Publisher : CTA
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789290815686

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Small-scale farmers, certification schemes and private standards by Kuit, M.,Waarts, Y. Pdf

Certification of agricultural products (organic certification, Fairtrade etc.) is often expected to provide a wide array of benefits for small-scale farmers. These include poverty alleviation, reduced environmental impact and food safety. This wide-ranging synthesis of 270 studies presents an analysis of the benefits – but also the costs – of such schemes. Crucially it demonstrates that the decision to invest must be based on sound economic principles. Clearly laid out and argued, the text also provides recommendations to improve the certification business case and impact on smallholders.

Author : Daniel J Vogt,Bruce C Larson,John C Gordon,Anna Fanzeres
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999-11-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0849315859

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Forest Certification by Daniel J Vogt,Bruce C Larson,John C Gordon,Anna Fanzeres Pdf

Forest certification has been widely accepted as a tool that would encourage industrial and non-industrial management of resources in an environmentally acceptable, socially beneficial and economically viable manner. Much has been written on certification yet five issues have been missing, which this book addresses: an analysis of the scientific basis for the certification standards; a formal and mechanistic incorporation of social and natural system sustainability as part of the standards; the rationale for the different sets of standards that are currently being used to certify governmental, industrial and non-industrial organizations; the success of the different sets of standards in assessing the environmental acceptability, social benefits and economic viability of the managed system; and, the difficulty of certifying small landowners with current protocols. Forest Certification examines the historical roots of forest certification, the factors that guide the development of certification protocols, the players involved in certification, the factors determining the customers to be certified, and the benefits of certification. The book also covers the terminology and other issues intrinsic to certification that direct the structure of standards, the similarities between indicators of different human disturbances within the ecosystem/landscape and certification standards, and, finally, a case study evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of existing certification protocols. Forest Certification is unique in its analysis of the scientific basis for the structure of the forest certification protocols. It documents the roles of human values in the development of assessment protocols but demonstrates how elements of existing protocols should be used to produce non-value based standards.

Author : Pascal Liu,Mikkel Andersen,Catherine Pazderka,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251052409

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Voluntary Standards and Certification for Environmentally and Socially Responsible Agricultural Production and Trade by Pascal Liu,Mikkel Andersen,Catherine Pazderka,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

This publication is a summary of the presentations and discussions that took place during the meeting on "Voluntary Standards and Certification for Responsible Agricultural Production and Trade" organized by FAO in April 2004. It presents the situation of the main import markets for certified products and the evolution of demand. Case studies aimed at comparing sustainable farming methods with conventional methods are presented. These comparisons focus on production cost, yield, price premium and net profit. The difficulties with which the producers are confronted are analysed and possible solutions to overcome them are explored. The publication also discusses the roles of nongovernmental organizations, private stakeholders and other institutions involved in sustainable agriculture and explores ossibilities for greater collaboration among them.

Author : Malin Ideland
Publisher : Springer
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030001995

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The Eco-Certified Child by Malin Ideland Pdf

While few could dispute the need for Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) for children and young people, this book explores the problems inherent in this educational practice. Despite good intentions, the author highlights how ESE can in fact contribute to a (re)production of harmful norms and possible subjectivities by categorizing various groups as ‘threats’ to the environment. The author analyzes how these categorizations are entangled in historical discourses on social class, nationality and race, thus resulting in double gestures of inclusion and exclusion. Even as sustainability and environmental engagement becomes a treasured identity for the affluent, the author highlights that despite the best of intentions, the discourse of ESE can reinforce positions of suborder and superiority, which could even impede real change in the long run. This illuminating book will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners of sustainability education. Foreword by Thomas S. Popkewitz