Global governance through voluntary sustainability standards: developments, trends and challenges

Axel Marx; Charline Depoorter; Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba; Rupal Verma; Mercedes Araoz; Graeme Auld; Janne Bemelmans; Elizabeth A. Bennett; Eva Boonaert; Clara Brandi; Thomas Dietz; Eve Fouilleux; Janina Grabs; Lars H. Gulbrandsen; James Harrison; Robert Heilmayr; Ariel Hernandez; Bernard Hoekman; Siti Rubiah Lambert; Eric Lambin; Li Li; Miet Maertens; Paulo Mortara Batistic; Etsuyo Michida; Junji Nakagawa; Archna Negi; Jorge A. Pérez-Pineda; Stefano Ponte; Ximena Rueda; Philip Schleifer; Vera Thorstensen; Hamish van der Ven

doi:10.1111/1758-5899.13401

Global governance through voluntary sustainability standards: developments, trends and challenges

Axel Marx
, Charline Depoorter
, Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba
, Rupal Verma
, Mercedes Araoz
, Graeme Auld
, Janne Bemelmans
, Elizabeth A. Bennett
, Eva Boonaert
, Clara Brandi
, Thomas Dietz
, Eve Fouilleux
, Janina Grabs
, Lars H. Gulbrandsen
, James Harrison
, Robert Heilmayr
, Ariel Hernandez
, Bernard Hoekman
, Siti Rubiah Lambert
, Eric Lambin

Li Li, Miet Maertens, Paulo Mortara Batistic, Etsuyo Michida, Junji Nakagawa, Archna Negi, Jorge A. Pérez-Pineda, Stefano Ponte, Ximena Rueda, Philip Schleifer, Vera Thorstensen, Hamish van der Ven

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Resumen

Los Estándares Voluntarios de Sostenibilidad (EVS) son instrumentos de gobernanza transnacional que pueden aprovecharse para promover el desarrollo sostenible en las cadenas de valor globales. Han proliferado desde la década de 1990 en términos de su número y la proporción de la producción global que gobiernan. Este artículo comparte algunos conocimientos clave surgidos del considerable cuerpo de literatura que ha analizado el papel de estos instrumentos para la producción y el comercio sostenibles. Primero, introduce los EVS, traza la evolución de su adopción y hace un balance de la investigación sobre sus impactos en la sostenibilidad. A continuación, se discuten algunos desarrollos importantes en el ámbito de los EVS, relacionados con la política pública y la aparición de estándares nacionales de sostenibilidad. El artículo luego se centra en los desafíos y limitaciones de los EVS para transformar las cadenas de valor hacia la sostenibilidad, enfocándose en las deficiencias relacionadas con la inclusividad y los problemas derivados de su proliferación. El artículo concluye destilando recomendaciones para superar estos desafíos, especialmente a la luz de los desarrollos recientes de políticas, y describe lo que diferentes partes interesadas pueden hacer para hacer de los EVS instrumentos más efectivos e inclusivos para cadenas de valor sostenibles.

Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	708-728
Número de páginas	21
Publicación	Global Policy
Volumen	15
N.º	4
Fecha en línea anticipada	30 jun. 2024
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13401
Estado	Publicada - set. 2024

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Bibliografía: páginas 14-19.

Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Global Policy published by Durham University and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

ODS de las Naciones Unidas

Este resultado contribuye a los siguientes Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

ODS 8: Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico
ODS 12: Producción y consumo responsables
ODS 15: Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
ODS 17: Alianzas para lograr los objetivos

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Estándares Voluntarios de Sostenibilidad
Gobernanza global
Desarrollo sostenible
Cadenas de valor globales
Producción sostenible
Comercio sostenible
Política pública
Estándares nacionales de sostenibilidad
Inclusividad
Desarrollos de políticas
Partes interesadas

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Marx, A., Depoorter, C., Fernandez de Cordoba, S., Verma, R., Araoz, M., Auld, G., Bemelmans, J., Bennett, E. A., Boonaert, E., Brandi, C., Dietz, T., Fouilleux, E., Grabs, J., Gulbrandsen, L. H., Harrison, J., Heilmayr, R., Hernandez, A., Hoekman, B., Lambert, S. R., ... van der Ven, H. (2024). Global governance through voluntary sustainability standards: developments, trends and challenges. Global Policy, 15(4), 708-728. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13401

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