scholarly journals Biorefinery–Biobased Value Chains and Sustainable Development

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Value Chains

scholarly journals Analysis of Standards, Certifications and Labels for Bio-based Products in the Context of Sustainable Bioeconomy

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Bracco ◽  
Özgül Calicioglu ◽  
Alessandro Flammini ◽  
Marta Gomez San Juan ◽  
Anne Bogdanski
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Economic ◽  
National Level ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Sectoral Approach ◽  
Chain Of Custody

Bioeconomy has been proposed as a pathway to sustainable development in many countries. However, the difficulties in defining the bioeconomy boundaries at the national level might necessitate the adoption of a sectoral approach to monitor and evaluate the success of its development. In this resolution, standards, certifications and labelling (SCL) schemes for bioeconomy-related sectors might be an essential source of data. The study evaluates the potential to use SCL schemes as a source for monitoring and evaluating sustainable bioeconomy, by analysing the sustainability aspects (chain-of-custody, environmental, economic and social themes) considered in selected SCL schemes. A variety of SCL schemes for different stages of the bioeconomy value chains were subjected to analysis on whether they consider internationally agreed aspirational principles and criteria for sustainable bioeconomy. The aspects most frequently mentioned by the requirement lists of the analysed SCL schemes were identified, along with the highlights on the least-frequently mentioned sustainability topics.

Achieving sustainable value chains by adopting sustainable development goals: a mapping exercise

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Larissa Marchiori Pacheco ◽  
Fabio Henrique Correa Bogado Guimaraes ◽  
Adriana Cristina Ferreira Caldana ◽  
Marina Lourenç�ão ◽  
Caroline Kruger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Mapping Exercise

scholarly journals Biosphere reserves and their contribution to sustainable development

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Kraus ◽  
Cornelius Merlin ◽  
Hubert Job
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Sustainable Economic Development

AbstractThe regional labeling scheme Dachmarke Rhön is an approach of the Rhön Biosphere Reserve to foster sustainable economic development through the intensification of regional value chains. The study compares the members of the Dachmarke Rhön with a random sample, both consisting of small rural enterprises in the economic sectors of tourism and food processing. Based on face-to-face interviews with 99 managers, a comparison of the two groups regarding their integration into regional value chains is elaborated: the two groups mainly coincide with regard to the reasons for choosing local suppliers. However, members of the Dachmarke Rhön are putting more emphasis on regional buying and the relationship to their suppliers. The share of total value added within the enterprises is higher in the random sample. This on the other hand explains higher expenses for supplies and a lower direct regional economic impact within the group of enterprises of the Dachmarke Rhön. Nevertheless the analysis shows, that the expenses for buying goods stay to a greater proportion within the region and facilitate a more diverse economic structure. Thus indirect regional economic effects are maximized fostering multifunctionality at the same time. The Dachmarke Rhön therefore can be seen as a market-based tool for fostering sustainable economic development, although the need for improvement regarding logistics and education for sustainable development exists.

scholarly journals Promoting sustainable development through trade? EU trade agreements and global value chains

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Arlo Poletti ◽  
Daniela Sicurelli ◽  
Aydin B. Yildirim
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Labor Cost ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
New Generation ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Sustainable development provisions have become an integral part of the European Union's (EU's) ‘new generation’ trade agreements. Yet, a growing number of empirical works show that their design varies significantly, even in the trade agreements signed with countries at similar (low) levels of development. We contend that this variation can be accounted for by discussing how the growing integration of the EU economy with specific developing countries across global value chains (GVCs) affects the domestic politics of regulatory export in the EU. European firms that operate within GVCs rely on imports of inputs produced in low-labor cost countries. These firms tend to oppose the export of those regulatory burdens that generate an increase in their imports' variable costs. The political mobilization of these actors weakens domestic coalitions supporting regulatory export strategies, which explains why the EU adopts a more lenient approach over the inclusion of sustainable development provisions in Preferential Trade Agreement negotiations with some developing countries.

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