Handbook of research on sustainability and governance / edited by Sébastien Mena (professor of strategic management, Department of Management, University of Fribourg, Switzerland), Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue (associate professor of global environmental politics, environmental and society studies, Radboud University, the Netherlands and University of Brasília, Brazil), Kenneth Amaeshi (professor of sustainable finance, European University Institute, Italy and professor of business and sustainable development, University of Edinburgh, UK) and Dhanasree Jayaram (Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Institute of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mena, Sébastien, editor.

Inoue, Cristina Yumie Aoki, editor.

Amaeshi, Kenneth, editor.

Jayaram, Dhanasree, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Sustainable development.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This informative Handbook presents diverse perspectives on the inherent tensions and contradictions in governing sustainability challenges. Its conceptual and contextual chapters explore the dichotomy between stability and change, refocusing the need for sustainability efforts not only by states and consumer markets, but also by corporations and the global economy. Underlining the contested nature of sustainability, this Handbook provides an overview of the various definitions and perspectives through which sustainability governance can be studied. Contributors analyze governance at different levels, such as national, industry or organizational levels, covering key issues across a range of industries including garment, oceans, mining, energy, and finance. This Handbook emphasizes underrepresented viewpoints, such as feminist and Indigenous, fostering both conceptual advancements and practical applications for the governance of sustainability challenges. The Handbook of Research on Sustainability and Governance is a valuable resource for scholars and students of sustainability, environmental politics, political economy, regulation and governance, and organizational sustainability"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: Navigating tensions between sustainability and governance / Sébastien Mena, Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue, Kenneth Amaeshi and Dhanasree Jayaram

Part I: Governance approaches: How to govern sustainability?

Part I.i public governance

2. A rise in state governance for sustainability / Jette Steen Knudsen

3. Multilateral environmental governance / Gunilla Reischl

Part I.ii private governance

4. Industry self-regulation / Charlotte Cloutier and Debora Sara Anspach

5. Multi-stakeholder initiatives for sustainability: Retrospective and prospective views of private transnational governance / José Carlos Marques

6. The potentials and pitfalls of hybrid governance for sustainability: The case of multi-stakeholder partnerships / Montserrat Koloffon Rosas, Cornelia Fast, Oscar Widerberg and Philipp Pattberg

7. Corporate governance: Rethinking director's duties in the era of sustainability and ESG / Femi Amao

Part I.iii alternatives

8. Feminist perspectives on sustainability governance / Emma Foster

9. Shapeshifters and supernaturals: Climate change, contracts and indigenous governance / Dara Kelly and François Bastien

10. Uncovering the veils of climate and sustainable governance in/for a more- than-human world / Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes and Seray Ergene

Part II: The governed: Who is concerned with sustainability governance?

Part II.i nation-states

11. Climate governance in China: A multi-actor perspective / Yitong Ye and Yixian Sun

12. Governing tensions of stability and change towards a haze-free ASEAN / Helena Varkkey

13. A new momentum for deforestation governance? The EU deforestation regulation / Niels Søndergaard and Camila Dias de Sá

Part II.ii industries and sectors

14. Value chain governance, from plantation to consumer: The example of tropical commodities / Janina Grabs

15. Sustainability governance in garment production networks: Layering multiple approaches / Rachel Alexander

16. International institutional frameworks on ocean governance and biodiversity / Shailly Kedia, Madhuparna Maiti, Palak Khanna and Kapil Narula

17. Sustainability governance in the mining sector: Who is concerned? / Hyeyoon Park and Isabella Alves Lamas

18. Global energy transition: Balancing sustainability and governance / Abbas AbdulRafiu and Chux Daniels

19. Governing corporate sustainability through and against financial markets: Promises and perils of sustainable finance / Rachelle Belinga and Jean-Pascal Gond

Part II.iii organizations

20. Redefining firm governance in an era of sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case for the adaptive participatory governance model (APGM) / Franklin Nakpodia and Emmanuel Adegbite

21. Sustainability and alternative organizing: Worker cooperatives, local communities and radical democracy / Nigel Forrest and Simon Parker

22. Shareholder activism for sustainability: The translation of active ownership from the United States to Switzerland / Daniel Waeger and Sébastien Mena

23. Trade union governance and sustainability: Addressing the tensions between growing and greening the economy / Jane Parker and Valeria Pulignano

Part II.iv communities and individuals

24. Territory as sustainability: The case of Baniwa good living / André Fernando Baniwa, João Nackle Urt and Tchella Fernandes Maso

25. Indigenous peoples' life projects and climate finance: The Podáali Fund in negotiation with sustainable development / Thais Lemos Ribeiro Verônica Korber Gonçalves, Claudia Soares Baré, Juliana Lins, Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue

26. Centre-staging blue-green networks for socio-ecological equity: Narrating Bangalore's found (lakes) and lost (ess) / Anjali Karol Mohan and Rutu Marathe

27. The citizen: Defending the life of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland on an uneven playing field / Juneseo Hwang and John Barry

28. The consumer: Sustainable consumption perspectives / Collins Osei, Mavis Gutu and Daniel Hagan

29. Professionals in sustainability: Working because of and beyond regulation / Luc Brès and Szilvia Mosonyi

Part III: Governing sustainability: Issues and prospects

30. Global and local governance of sustainability: The role of cooperatives in promoting voluntary sustainability standards / Nazik Beishenaly and Axel Marx

31. Animals and sustainability governance: Towards interspecies governance / Anne van Veen

32. The role of imaginaries of justice in sustainability governance / Maria Kaufmann and Sietske Veenman

33. Balancing growth and environmental sustainability: A practitioner's perspective on this challenge / Alexander Fisher, Dhanasree Jayaram and Vineeth Daniel Vinoy.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035328048 (e-book)

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