Selling Sustainability Short? - The Private Governance of Labor Environment in Coffee Sector

This large-N, three-country study of the coffee sector assesses the effectiveness of private governance by standards in promoting sustainable production.

Sommario

1. Introduction; 2. The dilemma of effective private governance; 3. Defining the goal of a sustainable coffee sector; 4. Changing the market; 5. Changing farming practices; 6. Designing effective private institutions; 7. Interacting with public institutions; 8. Conclusions.

Info autore

Janina Grabs is a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich. She is the recipient of APSA's 2019 Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award, the 2018 Giandomenico Majone Prize for the best early career contribution to the ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, the 2019 Oran R. Young Prize of the Earth System Governance Project, and the 2016 IFAMA Best Paper Award in the category 'relevance for managers'. She also provides strategic advice to the coffee industry, for instance as 2019 SCA Re:Co Speaker.

Riassunto

Can private standards bring about more sustainable production practices? Grabs answers this question by combining large-N hypothesis testing with a rich empirical account of sustainability governance in the coffee sectors of Honduras, Colombia and Costa Rica. For consumers, academics and practitioners interested in corporate social responsibility.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Janina Grabs
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108835039
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83503-9
• Pagine: 352
• Serie: Organizations and the Natural Environment; Organizations and the Natural
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura e società: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Agricoltura, giardinaggio; silvicoltura, pesca, alimentazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Sustainability, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, Commodities, Organic Farming, Forestry & related industries, Investment and securities, Agronomy & crop production, Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business, Agronomy and crop production, Forestry industry