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1 The Editors Review of Evidence and Perspectives on Sustainable Global Value Chains |
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3 | (1) |
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1.3 Private Sector Initiatives |
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4 | (3) |
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1.4 How the Monitoring and Evaluation of Sustainability Has Evolved |
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7 | (3) |
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1.5 Outlook and Emerging Issues: Perspectives from Select Initiatives |
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10 | (3) |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (6) |
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Part I New Trends in Sustainability Agenda: Political Arena |
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2 Rio+20 and Beyond: A New Era of Sustainable Development, Partnership and Interdependence |
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19 | (24) |
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2.1 The 2030 Agenda: A New Era of Development |
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19 | (2) |
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2.2 How Did the UN Develop Such an Ambitious Universal Agenda? |
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21 | (2) |
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2.3 Business as Usual Is Not an Option |
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23 | (2) |
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2.4 Implementing the SDGs |
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25 | (5) |
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2.5 Trade as an Enabler of Sustainable Development |
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30 | (1) |
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2.6 Implication for Global Value Chains |
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31 | (5) |
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2.7 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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36 | (2) |
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Annex: Agenda 2030: Specific Targets for the Private and Financial Sector |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (3) |
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3 The Grand Vision of G7 in Elmau: Quo Vadis, Sustainability? |
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43 | (20) |
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43 | (2) |
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3.2 A New Sustainability Tool: Global Value Chains |
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45 | (1) |
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3.3 Collective Sectoral Sustainability Governance: National and Global Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs) |
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46 | (4) |
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3.4 Looking Back: G7 Approaches to Sustainability |
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50 | (2) |
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3.5 2015 G7 Summit in Germany: A New Approach to Sustainability |
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52 | (6) |
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3.6 Where to After Elmau? |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (4) |
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4 From Stockholm to Paris: Four Decades of Sustainability in International Law |
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63 | (22) |
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63 | (2) |
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4.2 From Stockholm to New York: Sustainable Development in International Soft Law |
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65 | (4) |
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4.3 Sustainable Development in International Hard Law |
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69 | (7) |
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4.4 Sustainable Development in Decisions of International Disputes Settlement Bodies |
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76 | (4) |
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4.5 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (4) |
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5 European Union Policy for Sustainable Development |
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85 | (22) |
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85 | (2) |
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5.2 Sustainable Development in the European Union |
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87 | (12) |
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5.3 Contribution to Sustainable Global Value Chains |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (4) |
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6 Sustainability in Trade and Investment Agreements |
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107 | (16) |
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107 | (1) |
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6.2 The Demands of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals for Changes in Trade Policies |
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108 | (3) |
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6.3 Sustainability Issues in Free Trade Agreements |
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111 | (6) |
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6.4 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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117 | (3) |
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120 | (3) |
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7 Capacity Building to Promote Sustainable Value Chains: The ValueLinks 2.0 Methodology |
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123 | (14) |
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123 | (1) |
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7.2 Significance of the Value Chain Concept for Sustainable Development |
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124 | (6) |
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7.3 ValueLinks 2.0: A Methodology for Sustainable Value Chain Development |
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130 | (2) |
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7.4 Sustainability Standards and Value Chain Development |
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132 | (1) |
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7.5 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (3) |
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8 Towards Mandatory Sustainability: Recent Lessons from Germany |
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137 | (20) |
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137 | (1) |
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8.2 Clarification of Terms |
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138 | (1) |
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8.3 Non-Mandatory Sustainability: Potential Advantages of Implementation |
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139 | (4) |
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8.4 Legislative and Political Tools for Promoting Sustainability |
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143 | (7) |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (4) |
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9 An Introduction to Sustainability in Australia's Energy Policies |
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157 | (22) |
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157 | (1) |
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9.2 Energy and Sustainability |
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158 | (5) |
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9.3 Policies Pursuing Sustainable Energy |
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163 | (10) |
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173 | (1) |
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9.5 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (4) |
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10 Governmentally Controlled Supply Chains in Areas Facing Food Security Challenges: The Case of Baladi Bread Supply Chain in Egypt and the Policy Transition After the 2011 Uprising |
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179 | (14) |
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179 | (1) |
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10.2 Policy Backgrounds of Food Security and Food Sustainability |
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180 | (2) |
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10.3 Food Security in the MENA Region and the Importance of Bread Supply Chain |
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182 | (1) |
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10.4 Food Security in Egypt and the Role of Wheat |
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183 | (1) |
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10.5 The Supply Chain of Subsidised Baladi Bread |
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184 | (2) |
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10.6 Challenges Facing the Security of Baladi Bread Supply Chain |
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186 | (1) |
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10.7 Governmental Policy and Interventions |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (1) |
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10.9 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (2) |
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11 Tools of Transformation: From Small Scale Progress to Structural Change |
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193 | (18) |
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193 | (1) |
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11.2 Our Global Food System: The Limits to Change |
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194 | (1) |
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11.3 A Logical Outcome of an Unsustainable System |
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195 | (1) |
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11.4 Pyramids and Diamonds: The Shape of a Sector |
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196 | (4) |
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11.5 The Rules of the Game: What Forces Shape a Sector? |
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200 | (2) |
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11.6 The Sustainability of Standards |
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202 | (1) |
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11.7 Unlocking Progress with Six Key Elements |
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203 | (1) |
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11.8 Envisioning a Sustainable Future |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (5) |
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Part II New Trends in Sustainability Agenda: Private Sector Initiatives |
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12 Sustainability Governance of Global Supply Chains: A Systematic Literature Review with Particular Reference to Private Regulation |
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211 | (16) |
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211 | (1) |
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12.2 Research Design and Overview of Results |
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212 | (5) |
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12.3 Governance Instrument `Private Regulation' |
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217 | (5) |
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12.4 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (3) |
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13 Chain of Custody and Transparency in Global Supply Chains |
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227 | (12) |
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227 | (1) |
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13.2 Chain of Custody Models: Successful Traceability Via Adaptability |
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228 | (3) |
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13.3 Transparency: A Core Supply Chain Challenge |
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231 | (2) |
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13.4 Shared Ledger Technologies Drive Change: Private Federated Ledgers (PFL) and Blockchains |
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233 | (2) |
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13.5 How Does Transparency Affect Business: Example of Tony's Chocolonely |
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235 | (1) |
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13.6 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (2) |
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14 Clarity in Diversity: How the Sustainability Standards Comparison Tool and the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative Provide Orientation |
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239 | (26) |
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239 | (2) |
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14.2 Sustainability Standards Comparison Tool: Orientation in the Landscape of Social and Environmental Labels |
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241 | (11) |
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14.3 The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative |
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252 | (9) |
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14.4 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (3) |
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15 Future Role of Voluntary Sustainability Standards: Towards Generation 3.0? |
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265 | (24) |
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265 | (2) |
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15.2 Voluntary Sustainability Standards: Evolution and Recent Trends |
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267 | (6) |
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15.3 What Has Been Achieved So Far by VSS? |
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273 | (2) |
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15.4 Traditional Models for Assurance: An Old Story? |
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275 | (3) |
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15.5 Industry Platforms: Leading the Way on Sectoral Transformation? |
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278 | (4) |
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15.6 Towards the Generation 3.0 of VSS |
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282 | (2) |
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15.7 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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284 | (1) |
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284 | (5) |
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Part III Monitoring and Evaluating Progress Towards Sustainability |
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16 Measuring Progress Towards Sustainability: A View of the Main Approaches to Evaluation |
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289 | (16) |
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289 | (1) |
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16.2 Establishing the Evaluation Framework |
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290 | (2) |
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16.3 Using Programme Theory for Evaluation |
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292 | (1) |
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16.4 Navigating Different Types of Evaluation Approaches |
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293 | (1) |
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16.5 Rise of Experimental and Quasi Experimental Approaches |
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293 | (2) |
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16.6 Observational Approaches |
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295 | (4) |
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16.7 Limitations and the Need to Innovate |
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299 | (3) |
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16.8 Reducing Evaluation Costs |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (2) |
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17 Transformational Change: The Challenge of a Brave New World |
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305 | (22) |
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17.1 Objective and Introduction |
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305 | (6) |
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17.2 What Are Organisations Doing? |
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311 | (1) |
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17.3 A Discussion of Agency Experiences |
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312 | (8) |
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320 | (2) |
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17.5 Conclusions: Implications for Organisations |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (4) |
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18 Impact Assessment of Commodity Standards: Pathways for Sustainability and Inclusiveness |
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327 | (20) |
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327 | (2) |
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18.2 Impact of Commodity Standards in Value Chains: Objectives, Pathways and Interfaces |
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329 | (6) |
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18.3 Impact Assessment of Value Chain Performance |
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335 | (6) |
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18.4 Conclusions and Outlook: Beyond Impact |
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341 | (1) |
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342 | (5) |
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19 Performance Monitoring: An Agile New Tool for Facilitating Sustainability in Value Chains |
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347 | (14) |
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347 | (1) |
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19.2 Value and Purpose of Performance Monitoring (PM) |
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348 | (1) |
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19.3 The Tool and How It Works |
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349 | (6) |
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355 | (3) |
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358 | (1) |
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20 Evaluating the Potential of a Green Economy in Tunisia: A System Dynamics Modelling Approach for the Solid Waste Management Sector |
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361 | (20) |
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361 | (1) |
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20.2 Green Economy: Concept, Principles and Philosophy |
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362 | (1) |
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20.3 Green Economy in the Tunisian Context |
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363 | (1) |
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20.4 Modelling the Green Economy |
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364 | (2) |
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20.5 The Thresholds 21 Modelling Approach in the Context of Greening the Solid Waste Sector in Tunisia |
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366 | (1) |
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20.6 Solid Waste Management as a Key Sector of the Green Economy in Tunisia |
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366 | (1) |
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20.7 Modelling the Solid Waste Sector in the Context of the Green Economy in Tunisia |
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367 | (7) |
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374 | (1) |
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375 | (6) |
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Part IV Sector Transformation Towards Sustainability: Selected Initiatives |
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21 Designing Progress Towards Sustainable Sectors: The Four Phases of Market Transformation |
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381 | (16) |
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21.1 Introduction: Structural Change in our Food System |
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381 | (1) |
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21.2 The Four Phases of Sustainability |
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382 | (4) |
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21.3 Sustainable Evolution: Mapping the Transitions from One Phase to the Next |
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386 | (8) |
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21.4 Looking Beyond the S-Curve |
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394 | (1) |
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395 | (1) |
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395 | (2) |
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22 What's Next for Transforming the Palm Oil Sector: More of the Same or Better Embedded? |
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397 | (20) |
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22.1 Introduction: "Welcome to the Hotel California" |
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397 | (1) |
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22.2 What Makes Palm Oil Problematic and for Whom? |
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398 | (2) |
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22.3 From Crisis Towards Structural Change |
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400 | (3) |
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22.4 Strengths and Weaknesses of Palm Oil Market Transformations So Far |
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403 | (7) |
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22.5 Where Transformation Should Go for Palm Oil Communities |
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410 | (3) |
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413 | (1) |
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414 | (3) |
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23 The Global Coffee Platform: An Innovative Approach to the Coffee Sector Transformation |
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417 | (18) |
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417 | (1) |
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418 | (3) |
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23.3 The Establishment of the Multi-Stakeholder Platform: 4C Association |
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421 | (2) |
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23.4 Sector Transformation |
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423 | (8) |
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431 | (1) |
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431 | (4) |
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24 Cocoa Certification in West Africa: The Need for Change |
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435 | (28) |
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435 | (1) |
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24.2 Cocoa Certification Schemes |
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436 | (2) |
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24.3 Challenging Certification Criteria |
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438 | (18) |
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24.4 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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456 | (2) |
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458 | (5) |
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25 Sustainability in the Banana Sector: Development and Success Factors of the German Action Alliance for Sustainable Bananas |
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463 | (18) |
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463 | (1) |
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25.2 The Global Banana Sector |
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464 | (4) |
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25.3 Existing Initiatives |
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468 | (3) |
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25.4 Multi-Stakeholder-Approach of the Action Alliance for Sustainable Bananas |
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471 | (6) |
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25.5 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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477 | (1) |
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477 | (4) |
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26 Forest Stewardship Council: Transforming the Global Forestry Sector |
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481 | (18) |
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481 | (1) |
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26.2 Introduction to FSC Certification |
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481 | (5) |
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26.3 Case Studies from Portugal as Examples of Sector Transformation |
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486 | (7) |
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493 | (2) |
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495 | (4) |
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27 Recent Experiences from the Natural Rubber Industry and Its Movement Towards Sustainability |
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499 | (22) |
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499 | (1) |
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27.2 The Natural Rubber Industry |
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500 | (6) |
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27.3 Social and Environmental Issues |
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506 | (5) |
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27.4 Movement Towards Sector Transformation |
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511 | (6) |
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517 | (1) |
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518 | (3) |
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28 Responsible Mining: Challenges, Perspectives and Approaches |
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521 | (24) |
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521 | (2) |
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28.2 Understanding the Concept of Responsible Mining |
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523 | (5) |
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28.3 Overview of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) |
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528 | (8) |
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28.4 Prospects for the Implementation of the IRMA Standard in Countries with Economies in Transition |
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536 | (2) |
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28.5 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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538 | (2) |
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540 | (5) |
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29 Responsible Gold Mining at the Artisanal and Small-Scale Level: A Case Study of Ghana |
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545 | (20) |
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545 | (2) |
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29.2 Historical Perspective and Current Challenges of Ghana's Mining Industry |
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547 | (1) |
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29.3 Voluntary Standards for Responsible Gold Mining |
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548 | (2) |
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29.4 The AKOBEN Programme as an Initiative Towards Transforming the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector in Ghana |
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550 | (2) |
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29.5 Impact Analysis of the Fairtrade Gold Standard Programme in Ghana |
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552 | (6) |
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29.6 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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558 | (1) |
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559 | (6) |
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30 Industry Initiatives Towards Environmental Sustainability in the Automobile Value Chains |
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565 | (20) |
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565 | (2) |
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30.2 Environmental Issues Along Global Supply Chains |
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567 | (1) |
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30.3 Major Industrial Environmental Initiatives |
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568 | (7) |
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30.4 Comparison of Initiatives and Discussion of Drivers |
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575 | (3) |
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30.5 Potential for Value Chain Transformation |
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578 | (2) |
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30.6 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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580 | (1) |
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581 | (4) |
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31 Tourism and Sustainability: Transforming Global Value Chains to Networks |
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585 | (14) |
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585 | (1) |
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31.2 The Tourism System: Not a Chain But a Multi-Dimensional Network |
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586 | (5) |
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31.3 Systems Thinking in Sustainable Tourism |
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591 | (2) |
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31.4 Looking to the Future |
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593 | (1) |
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594 | (5) |
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Part V Outlook and Emerging Issues |
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32 localg.a.p.: International Know-How Applied at Regional Level. |
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599 | (22) |
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599 | (2) |
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32.2 Background on GLOBALG.A.P |
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601 | (3) |
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604 | (2) |
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32.4 Principles of a localg.a.p. Programme |
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606 | (8) |
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32.5 Once localg.a.p. Is Implemented, What Is Next? |
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614 | (1) |
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32.6 Case Study: Freshmark localg.a.p., South Africa |
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614 | (2) |
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32.7 Conclusion and Recommendations |
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616 | (2) |
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618 | (3) |
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33 Cui bono: Who Stands to Gain? Certification for Smallholder Tree-Farmers in Southeast Asia |
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621 | (18) |
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621 | (2) |
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33.2 The Main Issues with Certification |
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623 | (4) |
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33.3 Benefits, Costs and Risks of Certification for Smallholder Tree-Farmers |
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627 | (5) |
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33.4 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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632 | (3) |
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635 | (4) |
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34 Group Certification: Market Access for Smallholder Agriculture. |
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639 | (18) |
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639 | (1) |
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34.2 Background and Dissemination |
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640 | (2) |
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34.3 Terminologies and Interrelations |
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642 | (4) |
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34.4 Emergence and History |
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646 | (2) |
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34.5 Common Criteria and Implementation |
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648 | (3) |
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34.6 Observations and Challenges |
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651 | (1) |
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34.7 Addressing Concerns and Challenges |
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652 | (1) |
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34.8 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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653 | (2) |
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Annex: Picture Credits for Figs. 34.1 and 34.2 |
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654 | (1) |
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655 | (2) |
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35 Towards a Living Income Within Agricultural Value Chains |
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657 | (16) |
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657 | (1) |
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35.2 Towards a Living Income Benchmark |
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658 | (3) |
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35.3 Making Use of the Living Income Concept |
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661 | (7) |
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35.4 What Challenges Remain? |
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668 | (1) |
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35.5 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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669 | (1) |
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669 | (4) |
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36 Potential for Joint Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate Deforestation from Global Supply Chains |
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673 | (16) |
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673 | (1) |
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36.2 Drivers of Deforestation and International Trade |
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674 | (1) |
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36.3 International Initiatives to Eliminate Deforestation from Global Supply Chains |
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675 | (5) |
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36.4 Chances and Challenges for the Implementation |
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680 | (1) |
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36.5 Potential for Joint Public and Private Initiatives to Combat Deforestation |
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681 | (4) |
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36.6 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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685 | (1) |
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686 | (3) |
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37 Planned Obsolescence: A Case Under Torts Law as Intentional Damage Contrary to Public Policy (Art. 826 German Civil Code). |
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689 | (20) |
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689 | (2) |
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691 | (3) |
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37.3 Short Overview on Law Related Activities Against Obsolescence and for the Increase of Resource Efficiency of Products |
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694 | (4) |
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37.4 Damage Claims in Cases of Planned Obsolescence |
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698 | (6) |
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37.5 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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704 | (1) |
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705 | (4) |
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38 A Paradigm Shift in University Education Towards Sustainable Development |
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709 | (2) |
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38.2 Historical Evolution of Higher Education for Sustainable Development |
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711 | (5) |
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38.3 Challenges Relating to Education for Sustainable Development in Ukrainian Technical Universities |
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716 | (7) |
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38.4 Conclusions and Recommendations: Leadership Strategy for Sustainability |
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723 | (2) |
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725 | |