Policy instruments and co-regulation for the sustainability of value chains / Sergio Ugarte, Vincent Swinkels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ugarte, Sergio, author.

Swinkels, Vincent, author.

Series:

Technologies for Sustainable Life (TSL) - Concise Monograph Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental protection--Standards.

Environmental protection.

Environmental policy--Management.

Environmental policy.

Environmental responsibility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : ASME Press : Momentum Press, [2015]

Summary:

Each monograph is written by leading experts in their field and examines the relationship and contributions of engineering to the topic of study. As a series, TSL addresses a long-awaited niche in engineering publishing, providing in-depth discussions of environmental significance set within a technology, economic, and policy context.

Contents:

Frontcover

Policy Instruments and Co-Regulation for the Sustainability of Value Chains

1. Introduction

2. Value chain sustainability

3. Types and examples of policy instruments for value chain sustainability

4. Managing upstream value chain sustainability, developing a private approach

5. Regulating value chain sustainability, options for a public approach

6. Definition and benefits of co-regulation

7. Practical case: Co-regulation in the European Union for biofuels sustainability

8. Steps to select good quality certification schemes

9. Looking ahead to future co-regulation frameworks for value chain sustainability

References

Annex 1: Calculation of sustainability risk factors for selection of countries

Author biographies

Backcover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

911849985