Global governance through voluntary sustainability standards: Developments, trends and challenges-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Global governance through voluntary sustainability standards: Developments, trends and challenges

Published:2024-06-30 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1758-5880
Container-title:Global Policy
language:en
Short-container-title:Global Policy

Author:

Marx Axel¹^ORCID,Depoorter Charline¹^ORCID,Fernandez de Cordoba Santiago²,Verma Rupal²,Araoz Mercedes³,Auld Graeme⁴^ORCID,Bemelmans Janne¹^ORCID,Bennett Elizabeth A.⁵^ORCID,Boonaert Eva¹^ORCID,Brandi Clara⁶^ORCID,Dietz Thomas⁷,Fouilleux Eve⁸⁹,Grabs Janina¹⁰^ORCID,Gulbrandsen Lars H.¹¹^ORCID,Harrison James¹²^ORCID,Heilmayr Robert¹³^ORCID,Hernandez Ariel¹⁴,Hoekman Bernard¹⁵^ORCID,Lambert Siti Rubiah²,Lambin Eric¹⁶¹⁷^ORCID,Li Li¹⁸,Maertens Miet¹^ORCID,Mortara Batistic Paulo⁷,Michida Etsuyo¹⁹,Nakagawa Junji²⁰,Negi Archna²¹,Pérez‐Pineda Jorge A.²²²³^ORCID,Ponte Stefano²⁴^ORCID,Rueda Ximena²⁵^ORCID,Schleifer Philip²⁶,Thorstensen Vera²⁷,van der Ven Hamish²⁸^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. KU Leuven Leuven Belgium

2. UNCTAD Geneva Switzerland

3. Universidad del Pacifico Lima Peru

4. Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada

5. Lewis & Clark College Portland Oregon USA

6. German Institute of Development and Sustainability Bonn Germany

7. University of Münster Münster Germany

8. French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences Innovations Sociétés University of Paris‐Est Marne‐la‐Vallée Noisy‐le‐Grand France

9. Montpellier Interdisciplinary Research Center on Sustainable Agrifood Systems Montpellier France

10. University of Basel Basel Switzerland

11. Fridtjof Nansen Institute Lysaker Norway

12. University of Warwick Coventry UK

13. University of California Santa Barbara California USA

14. University of Duisburg‐Essen Essen Germany

15. European University Institute Fiesole Italy

16. Stanford University Stanford California USA

17. University of Louvain Ottignies‐Louvain‐la‐Neuve Belgium

18. University of International Business and Economics Beijing China

19. Institute of Developing Economies (JETRO) Chiba Japan

20. Chuo Gakuin University Chiba Japan

21. Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India

22. Anáhuac University Mexico Mexico Mexico

23. Comillas Pontifical University Madrid Spain

24. Copenhagen Business School Frederiksberg Denmark

25. School of Management – Universidad de los Andes Bogotá Colombia

26. University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands

27. Fundação Getúlio Vargas São Paulo Brazil

28. University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada

Abstract

AbstractVoluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) are transnational governance instruments that can be leveraged to pursue sustainable development in global value chains. They have proliferated since the 1990s in terms of their number and the share of global production they govern. This paper shares some key insights arising from the considerable body of literature that has analysed the role of these instruments for sustainable production and trade. First, it introduces VSS, traces the evolution of their adoption and takes stock of the research on their sustainability impacts. Next, some major developments in the VSS realm are discussed, related to public policy and the emergence of national sustainability standards. The paper then zooms in on the challenges and limitations of VSS in transforming value chains towards sustainability, focusing on the shortcomings related to inclusiveness and the problems arising from their proliferation. The paper concludes by distilling recommendations on overcoming these challenges, especially in light of recent policy developments, and outlines what different stakeholders can do to make VSS more effective and inclusive instruments for sustainable value chains.

Funder

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1758-5899.13401

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