scholarly journals The Place of Voluntary Standards in Managing Social and Environmental Risks in Global Value Chains

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Enrico PARTITI
Keyword(s):  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Private Regulation ◽  
Voluntary Standards ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
Private Standards ◽  
Regulatory Effects ◽  
Sustainability Standards ◽  
Social And Environmental Risks

Under the notion of human rights due diligence (HRDD), firms are under a responsibility to account for the social and environmental impact connected to their operations across global value chains. This responsibility intersects with the sphere of operation of voluntary sustainability standards (VSS), which certify production against certain social and environmental criteria. With mandatory European rules on HRDD in the making, the question arises regarding the extent of alignment of VSS with HRDD notions and, consequently, the possibility for this form of transnational private regulation to complement European Union (EU) HRDD legislation. After presenting the regulatory effects of HRDD in global value chains and its current transposition in EU instruments, this contribution examines the relationship between private standards and HRDD. By delving into the substantive requirements and policies of several schemes certifying agricultural commodities, this paper studies the extent to which they manage social and environmental risks in global value chains and the possible support they provide to firms subject to the upcoming HRDD obligations.

scholarly journals National contexts matter: The co-evolution of sustainability standards in global value chains

2012 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 197-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Manning ◽  
Frank Boons ◽  
Oliver von Hagen ◽  
Juliane Reinecke
Keyword(s):  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Sustainability Standards

scholarly journals How Blockchain Can Shape Sustainable Global Value Chains: An Evidence, Verifiability, and Enforceability (EVE) Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 3926 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Nikolakis ◽  
Lijo John ◽  
Harish Krishnan
Keyword(s):  
Paper Copy ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Private Standards ◽  
Private Domain ◽  
Digital Record ◽  
Soft Laws

Law, regulation, and private standards have evolved to enhance sustainability in value chains. However, the volume of hard and soft laws has created complexity and fragmentation for consumers and firms. In addition, global value chains are increasingly disaggregated, making it difficult for consumers to enforce breaches of sustainability representations. Blockchain, as an immutable and digital record keeping system, is a tool that can deal with this growing complexity in global value chains. Documents verifying sustainability that were once in the private domain and stored in paper copy can now be made accessible in a secure and transparent blockchain platform. Despite a growing interest in the potential of blockchain to transform businesses, there are few concrete examples or scholarly literature showing how blockchain is operationalized in practice. Using a “conceptual framework analysis” approach, we develop an Evidence, Verifiability, and Enforceability (EVE) framework to illustrate how blockchain can enhance sustainability by providing information to consumers on the origin of products, assurances as to the veracity of the information, and a mechanism to enforce representations through the blockchain smart contract function. However, there need to be safeguards put in place for blockchain technology to meet its promise and we discuss some of these challenges.

International trade: Research of the reasons for the fall

2019 ◽  
pp. 79-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. Nazarov ◽  
S. S. Lazaryan ◽  
I. V. Nikonov ◽  
A. I. Votinov
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Negative Contribution ◽  
Basic Commodity ◽  
The Impact

The article assesses the impact of various factors on the growth rate of international trade. Many experts interpreted the cross-border flows of goods decline against the backdrop of a growing global economy as an alarming sign that indicates a slowdown in the processes of globalization. To determine the reasons for the dynamics of international trade, the decompositions of its growth rate were carried out and allowed to single out the effect of the dollar exchange rate, the commodities prices and global value chains on the change in the volume of trade. As a result, it was discovered that the most part of the dynamics of international trade is due to fluctuations in the exchange rate of the dollar and prices for basic commodity groups. The negative contribution of trade within global value chains in 2014 was also revealed. During the investigated period (2000—2014), such a picture was observed only in the crisis periods, which may indicate the beginning of structural changes in the world trade.

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