Sustainability standards: Interactions between private actors, civil society, and governments

EF Lambin, T Thorlakson - Annual Review of Environment and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
New partnerships between governments, private companies, and nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) are reshaping global environmental governance. In particular, there …

Forests and sustainable development in the Brazilian Amazon: history, trends, and future prospects

RD Garrett, F Cammelli, J Ferreira… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Ongoing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is the outcome of an explicit federal project to
occupy, integrate, and “modernize” the region. Although there have been isolated periods of …

[HTML][HTML] System complexity and policy integration challenges: the Brazilian energy-water-food nexus

JF Mercure, MA Paim, P Bocquillon, S Lindner… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Energy-Water-Food Nexus is one of the most complex sustainability challenges
faced by the world. This is particularly true in Brazil, where insufficiently understood …

Sustainable development in agriculture and its antecedents, barriers and consequences–an exploratory study

R Laurett, A Paço, EW Mainardes - Sustainable Production and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to understand Brazilian family farmers' perception of sustainable
development in agriculture, its antecedents, barriers and consequences. To do so …

Soybean supply chain management and sustainability: A systematic literature review

F Jia, S Peng, J Green, L Koh, X Chen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
As a globally consumed agricultural product, soybeans have long been one of the most
important commodities in the current international market. In this regard, the governance of …

Do eco-labels prevent deforestation? Lessons from non-state market driven governance in the soy, palm oil, and cocoa sectors

H Van der Ven, C Rothacker, B Cashore - Global environmental change, 2018 - Elsevier
In countries marked by the growing uptake of non-state market driven (NSMD) governance
for agricultural commodities (ie, eco-labels and certification systems), forested areas are …

Measuring sustainable development, its antecedents, barriers and consequences in agriculture: An exploratory factor analysis

R Laurett, A Paco, EW Mainardes - Environmental Development, 2021 - Elsevier
This research aims to identify the factors measuring sustainable development in agriculture,
its antecedents, barriers and consequences. To do so, first a literature review and qualitative …

Grounding transnational business governance: A political‐strategic perspective on government responses in the Global South

JC Marques, B Eberlein - Regulation & governance, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent scholarship on transnational business governance has begun to examine public‐
private interactions and the active role of governments. We make two key contributions that …

Additionality and implementation gaps in voluntary sustainability standards

T Dietz, J Grabs - New political economy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Voluntary Sustainability Standards have become a popular private governance
framework for more sustainable agri-food value chains. However, recent mainstreaming …

Emerging markets and private governance: the political economy of sustainable palm oil in China and India

P Schleifer, Y Sun - Review of International Political Economy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Private governance programs are now an important source of regulation in global value
chains–particularly in context of North–South trade. But can these programs play a similar …