Sustainable Global Value Chains

<p>The Editors Review of Evidence and Perspectives on Sustainable Global Value Chains.- Part I.- New Trends in Sustainability Agenda: Political Arena.- Rio+20 and Beyond: A New Era of Sustainable Development, Partnership and Interdependence.- The Grand Vision of G7 in Elmau: Quo Vadis, Sustainability?.- From Stockholm to Paris: Four Decades of Sustainability in International Law.- European Union Policy for Sustainable Development.- Sustainability in Trade and Investment Agreements.- Capacity Building to Promote Sustainable Value Chains: The ValueLinks 2.0 Methodology.- Towards Mandatory Sustainability: Recent Lessons from Germany.- An Introduction to Sustainability in Australia’s Energy Policies- 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.- Tools of Transformation: From Small Scale Progress to Structural Change.- Part II.- New Trends in SustainabilityAgenda: Private Sector Initiatives.- Sustainability Governance of Global Supply Chains: A Systematic Literature Review with Particular Reference to Private Regulation.- Chain of Custody and Transparency in Global Supply Chains.- Clarity in Diversity: How the Sustainability Standards Comparison Tool and the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative Provide Orientation.- Future Role of Voluntary Sustainability Standards: Towards Generation 3.0?.- Part III.- Monitoring and Evaluating Progress Towards Sustainability.- Measuring Progress Towards Sustainability: A View of the Main Approaches to Evaluation.- Transformational Change: The Challenge of a Brave New World.- Impact Assessment of Commodity Standards: Pathways for Sustainability and Inclusiveness.- Performance Monitoring: An Agile New Tool for Facilitating Sustainability in Value Chains.- Evaluating the Potential of a Green Economy in Tunisia: A System Dynamics Modelling Approach for the Solid Waste Management Sector.- Part IV.- Sector Transformation Towards Sustainability: Selected Initiatives.- Designing Progress Towards Sustainable Sectors: The Four Phases of Market Transformation.- What’s Next for Transforming the Palm Oil Sector: More of the Same or Better Embedded?.- The Global Coffee Platform: An Innovative Approach to the Coffee Sector Transformation.- Cocoa Certification in West Africa: The Need for Change.- Sustainability in the Banana Sector: Development and Success Factors of the German Action Alliance for Sustainable Bananas.- Forest Stewardship Council: Transforming the Global Forestry Sector.- Recent Experiences from the Natural Rubber Industry and Its Movement Towards Sustainability.- Responsible Mining: Challenges, Perspectives and Approaches.- Responsible Gold Mining at the Artisanal and Small-Scale Level: A Case Study of Ghana.- Industry Initiatives Towards Environmental Sustainability in the Automobile Value Chains.- Tourism and Sustainability: Transforming Global Value Chains to Networks.- Part V.- Outlook and Emerging Issues.- localg.a.p.: International Know-How Applied at Regional Level.- Cui bono: Who Stands to Gain? Certification for Smallholder Tree-Farmers in Southeast Asia.- Group Certification: Market Access for Smallholder Agriculture.- Towards a Living Income Within Agricultural Value Chains.- Potential for Joint Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate Deforestation from Global Supply Chains.- Planned Obsolescence: A Case Under Torts Law as Intentional Damage Contrary to Public Policy (Art. 826 German Civil Code).- A Paradigm Shift in University Education Towards Sustainable Development.</p><br>