This open access book focuses on the issue of sustainability standards from the perspective of both global governance frameworks and emerging economies. It stems from the recognition that the accelerated pace of economic globalization has generated production and consumption patterns that are generating sustainability concerns. Sustainability standards (and regulations) are increasingly being used in a bid to make global consumption and production more sustainable. Given the dense inter-connectedness of economic affairs globally, the use of sustainability standards has become a concern of global governance, who face the challenge of achieving a balance between the use of standards for genuine sustainability objectives, and not allowing them to turn into instruments of protectionism or coercion. The emerging economies, given their increasing engagement with the global economy, are most impacted by the use of sustainability standards. The emphasis of ‘emerging economies’ in this book is retained both by using case studies from these economies and by collating perceptions and assessments of those located in these economies. The case studies included span sectors such as palm oil, forestry, food quality, vehicular emissions and water standards, and address the problems unique to the emerging economies, including capacity building for compliance with standards, adapting international standards in domestic contexts and addressing the exclusion of small and medium enterprises etc. Complex interfaces and dynamics of a global nature are not limited to the thematic of this book but also extend to the process through which it was written. This book brings together insights from developed as well as emerging economies (Germany, India, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Pakistan, Mexico and China). It also brings together scholars and practitioners to jointly ponder upon the conceptual aspects of the global frameworks for sustainability standards. This book is a very useful resource for researchers and practitioners alike, and provides valuable insights for policy makers as well.This open access book focuses on the issue of sustainability standards from the perspective of both global governance frameworks and emerging economies. It stems from the recognition that the accelerated pace of economic globalization has generated production and consumption patterns that are generating sustainability concerns. Sustainability standards (and regulations) are increasingly being used in a bid to make global consumption and production more sustainable. Given the dense inter-connectedness of economic affairs globally, the use of sustainability standards has become a concern of global governance, who face the challenge of achieving a balance between the use of standards for genuine sustainability objectives, and not allowing them to turn into instruments of protectionism or coercion. The emerging economies, given their increasing engagement with the global economy, are most impacted by the use of sustainability standards. The emphasis of ‘emerging economies’ in this book is retained both by using case studies from these economies and by collating perceptions and assessments of those located in these economies. The case studies included span sectors such as palm oil, forestry, food quality, vehicular emissions and water standards, and address the problems unique to the emerging economies, including capacity building for compliance with standards, adapting international standards in domestic contexts and addressing the exclusion of small and medium enterprises etc. Complex interfaces and dynamics of a global nature are not limited to the thematic of this book but also extend to the process through which it was written. This book brings together insights from developed as well as emerging economies (Germany, India, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Pakistan, Mexico and China). It also brings together scholars and practitioners to jointly ponder upon the conceptual aspects of the global frameworks for sustainability standards. This book is a very useful resource for researchers and practitioners alike, and provides valuable insights for policy makers as well.
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Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD) School of International Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi, India. Archna Negi is Associate Professor at the Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD) at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. She has over 15 years of teaching experience at JNU, in which she has taught courses on international organization, law and diplomacy. She has supervised research both at Ph.D and M.Phil. levels. Her research expertise is in the issue areas of trade and environment. She was at the Trade and Environment Division of the World Trade Organization in Geneva as a Visiting Scholar for a brief period of two months in 2007. She has also participated in the six-month ‘Managing Global Governance’ programme at the German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany in the year 2007. She has a Master’s Degree in Political Science (from Delhi University, Delhi, India) and a Doctorate in International Law (from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India). She is currently serving as a member of the Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) Academic Advisory Council that has been set up jointly by the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) and the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (GGS) of the University of Leuven.
Faculty of Economics and Business Universidad Anáhuac México Estado de México, Mexico Formerly with the Mora Institute/Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora Mexico City, Mexico. Jorge Antonio Pérez-Pineda is a research professor in the Faculty of Economics and Business at the Anáhuac University Mexico and belongs to the National Research System (SNI) in Mexico. He has been a consultant for Mexican and international institutions such as AMEXCID, OXFAM, Endeva, UNDP, AECID, GIZ, IICA, and a professor in other institutions such as UNAM, Mora Institute and Complutense University. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the National University Autonomous of Mexico and a Master’s degree and Ph.D from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He has also completed postgraduate studies at the University of Essex and a specialization on ‘Managing Global Governance’ at the German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn, Germany. His research interests are on the topics of private sector in international cooperation, CSR, VSS, institutionalization of International, South-South and Triangular coop- eration, and financing development. He is a member of different networks and research groups such as REMECID, REEDES, GRIDESA2030 and NEST (coordinating the Mexican chapter for the last). During the time of execution of this project, he was also affiliated with the Mexican think tank, Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora (Mora Institute) in Mexico City, Mexico. He is currently serving as a member of the Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) Academic Advisory Council that has been set up jointly by the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) and the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (GGS) of the University of Leuven.
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Berlin, Germany Formerly with the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Bonn, Germany. Johannes Blankenbach works at the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre as its Berlin-based EU/Western Europe Researcher & Representative, having joined the organisation in May 2018. Prior to this, he was a researcher at the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in Bonn for more than five years, contributing to knowledge cooperation across the institute’s Managing Global Governance (MGG) network with partner institutions from emerging economies. He co-chaired a research project on sustainability standards and also helped to set up the German chapter of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), which focuses on the national implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Johannes holds a B.A. in International Relations from Dresden University, Germany, and an M.Sc. in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His current research interests lie in the field of business and human rights.
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