The role of negotiating tools in the environmental policy mix instruments: determinants and effects of the Environmental Agreement

Corporate Social Responsibility and Competitiveness within SMEs of the Fashion Industry: Evidence from Italy and France

“…Our analysis of firms in the fashion sector focused on various -dimensions‖ of competitiveness. Although quantitative data ideally should be used for measuring competitive performance, the use of self-reported data is not uncommon in the related literature (see, for instance, [71][72][73][74][75]). …”

Drawbacks and opportunities of green public procurement: an effective tool for sustainable production

“…Actually, public intervention has always been required to solve environmental pollution at global and local level. The very first approach to solving environmental pollution, was originally based on mere "command and control" actions and was soon integrated with more sophisticated policy instruments (Testa et al, 2012a) that incorporated the market dynamics in their design and which have proven to be more effective in specific situations (Jaffe et al, 2002;Sterner and Isaksson, 2006;Gusmerotti et al, 2012). Such alternative approach is based on motivating mechanisms that are able to trigger actions in response to individual incentives, such as marketbased stimuli, environmental stewardships, resource (and economic) savings, etc.…”

Green marketing tools for fruit growers associated groups: application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for strawberries and berry fruits ecobranding in northern Italy

“…Type II labels are based on self-declaration of producers, importers, distributors or retailers, while those of Type III provide quantitative environmental data on the product as the result of an independent evaluation (Horne, 2009). Voluntary tools and the use of labels derived from voluntary tools were already considered in the early 1990, as a potentially effective policy tool to allow important results to be achieved such as the acquisition of new market shares or increased market shares through the differentiation of products based on their sustainability attributes (Boer, 2003;Orsato, 2009), but without overloading companies with excessive liens and encumbrances (Blanco et al, 2009;Darnall and Sides, 2008;Gusmerotti et al, 2012;Khanna and Damon, 1999). In the last few years they have been increasingly adopted worldwide to communicate and demonstrate the sustainability of the production processes, in a more or less effective and truthful manner !…”