UID:
almahu_9949386371402882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780203701737
,
0203701739
,
9781351331456
,
1351331450
,
9781351331432
,
1351331434
,
9781351331449
,
1351331442
Series Statement:
Earthscan studies in natural resource management
Content:
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.
Note:
1. Sustainability certifications: changes over time and their unique position of influence / Melissa Vogt -- Part I. Cultural considerations associated with sustainability certifications -- 2. Cultural implications, flows and synergies of sustainability certifications / edited by Melissa Vogt -- Part II. Evaluating biodiversity outcomes -- 3. Biodiversity outcomes associated with sustainability certifications: contextualising understanding and expectations, and allowing for ambitious intentions / Melissa Vogt, Oskar Englund -- 4. How does FSC certification of forest management benefit conservation of biodiversity? / Franck Trolliet, Melissa Vogt, Franck Trolliet -- Part III. Standard development and verification-based examples and considerations -- 5. Biochar and certification 1 / Frank G.A. Verheijen, Ana Catarina Bastos, Hans-Peter Schmidt, Simon Jeffery -- 6. Safeguarding farm animal welfare / Harry J. Blokhuis, Isabelle Veissier, Mara Miele, Bryan Jones -- Part IV. Industry or certification specific reviews, evaluation and recommendations -- 7. Certifying farmed seafood: a drop in the ocean or a 'stepping-stone' towards increased sustainability? / Malin Jonell, Michael Tlusty, Max Troell, Patrik Rönnbäck -- ^8. Biofuel sustainability certifications in the EU: democratically legitimate and socio-environmentally effective? / Thomas Vogelpohl, Daniela Perbandt -- 9. The path to credibility for the Marine Stewardship Council / Scott McIlveen, Riley Schnurr, Graeme Auld, Shannon Arnold, Keith Flett, Megan Bailey -- Part V. Industry and country specific primary research, evaluation and recommendations -- 10. Interoperability of mineral sustainability initiatives: a case study of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) and the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) / Renzo Mori Junior, Kathryn Sturman, Jean-Pierre Imbrogiano -- 11. Juggling sustainability certifications in the Costa Rican coffee industry / Melissa Vogt -- 12. To certify or not to certify: flower production practices in Ecuador / Jeroen Vos, Pippi van Ommen, Patricio Mena-Vásconez -- Part VI. Summarising outcomes for society and the environment -- 13. Collating correlations, conclusions, recommendations and ideas for future research, evaluation and practice / Melissa Vogt.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9780203701737
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203701737
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