Private Regulation in the Global Economy: A (P)Review

Büthe, Tim

doi:10.2202/1469-3569.1328

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“…(24) However, considerable information suggesting depth and impact-and the relationships between them-is available and should be included in future research. (25) In terms of effectiveness, all voluntary schemes face the problem of providing incentives to induce fi rms and other targets to participate and comply (Büthe, 2010a;Green, 2010). The 'shadow' of potential state intervention (Börzel and Risse, 2010) can be a signifi cant incentive; however, failure of US cap-and-trade legislation and limited progress in negotiating further commitments under the Kyoto Protocol (KP) have reduced the incentive for fi rms to participate in schemes relating to carbon credits and trading, as evidenced by the suspension of the CCX carbon exchange.…”

Section: Organizational Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Transnational Regime Complex for Climate Change

Abbott

2012

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

421

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Abstract. In climate change, as in other areas, recent years have produced a 'Cambrian explosion' of transnational institutions, standards, fi nancing arrangements, and programs. As a result, climate governance has become complex, fragmented, and decentralized, operating without central coordination. Most studies of climate governance focus on inter state institutions. In contrast, I map a diff erent realm of climate change governance: the diverse array of transnational schemes. I analyze this emerging system in terms of two theoretical frameworks developed to describe, explain, and evaluate complex governance arrangementsregime complex theory and polycentric governance theory-revealing fruitful avenues for positive and normative research. I conclude by arguing that the benefi ts of institutional complexity could be increased, and the costs reduced, through nonhierarchical 'orchestration' of climate change governance, in which international organizations or other appropriate authorities support and steer transnational schemes that further global public interests.

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Section: Organizational Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Transnational Regime Complex for Climate Change

Abbott

2012

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

421

212

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“…The extent to which private authority has led to a wholesale retreat of the state or to a reconfiguration of public and private spheres is a contentious issue (Büthe 2010;Cadman 2011;Clapp and Fuchs 2009;Hall and Biersteker 2002a;Pattberg 2007). While there is broad recognition that private authority is on the rise, it may actually apply to areas the state never regulated in the first place.…”

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Voluntary standards, expert knowledge and the governance of sustainability networks

2013

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Products certified according to their environmental and social sustainability are becoming an important feature of production, trade and consumption in the agro-food sector. 'Sustainability networks' are behind the emergence and growth of these new product forms, often evolving into multi-stakeholder initiatives that establish and manage base codes, standards, certifications and labels. As sustainability moves into the mainstream, understanding the governance of these networks is essential because they partly reshape the structure and characteristics of commodity flows. In this article, we examine the role of expert knowledge and process management in governing two multi-stakeholder initiatives (the Marine Stewardship Council and the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil) and in shaping their distributional effects. We find that the ability of developing countries, especially small-scale actors within them, to shape standard setting and management to their advantage depends not only on overcoming important structural differences in endowments and access to resources, but also on more subtle games. These include promoting the enrolment of one expert group or kind of expert knowledge over another, using specific formats of negotiation, and legitimating particular modes of engagement over others. (Résumé d'auteur

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“…Voluntary certification schemes are based on two assumptions: (1) that there are sufficient socially and environmentally concerned consumers who will not buy a product from a retailer known to violate the accepted norm or cannot fully account for its palm oil certified traceability or supply chains, and (2) that there are enough consumers who are willing to pay a premium for a product that is produced according to that norm (Auld et al 2008). It has been argued that national regulatory governance has decreased in importance as a result of growing global interests in a range of ecological and social issues (Büthe 2010 Only biofuels that comply with the current 35% greenhouse gas reduction and the 50% greenhouse gas reduction criterion from 1 January 2017 as compared to mineral oil are allowed. Palm oil biodiesel and hydro-treated vegetable oil from palm oil, currently only fulfill the 35% reduction criteria if methane is captured at palm oil mills through recycling of palm oil mill effluent and empty fruit bundles.…”

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confidence: 99%

Beyond sustainability criteria and principles in palm oil production: addressing consumer concerns through insetting

Noor¹,

Gassner²,

Terheggen³

et al. 2017

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Palm oil is one of the most controversial agricultural commodities of our time. To its supporters, it is the golden crop that catalyzes smallholders out of poverty and brings salvation to the global food and energy crisis. For its critics, it is the single biggest threat driving the wholesale destruction of peatlands and rainforests as well as adding to greenhouse gas emissions. Hailed as a turning point in 2004, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has been widely criticized as being unable to change the industry fast enough. We argue that certification, although certainly important, will not be able to deliver expected environmental and social benefits because of (1) an uneven distribution of incentives along the value chain, (2) traceability issues, (3) difficulties associated with an expanding market, and (4) alternative low standard markets to the standard large Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) markets. We argue that the sustainability debate has actually failed to address the fact that oil palm landscape as a whole would be more sustainable if smallholders for whom palm oil is not an economic viable avenue would engage in other forms of land use. An important starting point for change is to move beyond narrow business interests of satisfying customers and shareholders interests only and tackle the implicit contract between palm oil marketers and importers and the smallholder agricultural communities in palm oil producing areas. We introduce the concept of livelihood "insetting" that goes beyond the pure sustainability aspect by also addressing the issue of mutuality along the global value chain.

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Private Regulation in the Global Economy: A (P)Review

Cited by 97 publications

References 123 publications

The Transnational Regime Complex for Climate Change

The Transnational Regime Complex for Climate Change

Voluntary standards, expert knowledge and the governance of sustainability networks

Beyond sustainability criteria and principles in palm oil production: addressing consumer concerns through insetting

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