Orchestration as a Form of Public Action: The EU Engagement With Voluntary Sustainability Standards

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Partiti
Keyword(s):  
Public Action ◽  
Sustainability Standards ◽  
The Eu

The development of sustainability standards in the sugar industry

2010 ◽  
pp. 82-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter W. Rein
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Industry ◽  
Sustainable Production ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Sustainability Standards ◽  
The Eu

The production of bioethanol and biodiesel and the prospect of its importation into the EU have lead to various initiatives to ensure that only biofuels which are produced in a sustainable way are acceptable. Standards which are set to define the important sustainability issues are in various stages of development. The processes involved are of interest to the sugar industry, as both sugarcane and sugarbeet have enormous potential as feedstocks for bioethanol. The Better Sugarcane Initiative is underway to define standards for the sustainable production of both sugar and bioethanol from sugarcane. This paper attempts to discuss the major issues surrounding sustainable production of sugar and ethanol, outlining the processes involved in setting and maintaining sustainability standards. This is discussed in particular with respect to the development of the Better Sugarcane Initiative and looks forward to the implications for all stakeholders.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT IN IMPROVING COFFEE COMPETITIVENESS IN THE EU-INDONESIA PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT FRAMEWORK

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 311-322
Author(s):  
Sindy Yulia Putri ◽  
Syahrul Salam
Keyword(s):  
Market Share ◽  
Production Quality ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
Indonesian Government ◽  
Asean Member ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Sustainability Standards ◽  
The Eu

Indonesia is a crucial trading partner for the European Union (EU) and vice versa. Indonesia as one of ASEAN member countries contributes 36% of ASEAN's GDP with a population of 255 million (equivalent to almost half the ASEAN population). Indonesia and the EU further strengthen economic cooperation through the framework of the EU-Indonesia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) cooperation. In the framework of the collaboration, most of Indonesia's exports to EU countries are in the form of agricultural and plantation commodities. For plantation commodities, coffee is Indonesia's leading export commodity with the potential to increase national economic growth. However, Indonesian coffee production has not been fully able to control EU market share. Although Indonesia is the third largest coffee producer in the world, Indonesia only controls 4.17% of the EU coffee market share. This is because only a small portion of Indonesian coffee is produced based on EU standards such as sustainability standards. Therefore, the Indonesian Government seeks to improve the competitiveness of Indonesian coffee commodities, such as production, quality of coffee, quality standards, human resources, and government coordination with coffee / private sector entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals From hierarchical convergence to reticular expansion: urban dynamics through Alice’s mirror

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Public Action ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries ◽  
The Eu

The paper addresses the role that Cultural and Creative Industries play in contemporary urban dynamics. In the framework of the knowledge-based economy, value is increasingly generated and multiplied by activating and consolidating networks between cities, and it is reproduced in intra-urban dynamics, by disrupting hierarchies and seeking value chains in unconventional areas. In this framework, the EU ROCK project is a paradigmatic experimentation of a new urban system in which convergence as a source of value is replaced by reticular expansion. The paper tests the ROCK methodology against network literature, investigating its role as a network infrastructure for knowledge and innovation expansion. This interpretation can inform policies for CCIs, especially in the context of the New European Bauhaus, as it calls for more articulated public action to redesign urban dynamics, settlements and flows in specific urban areas.

Belarus political 'tolerance' fits foreign policy aims

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Cohesive Force ◽  
Political Tolerance ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
The West ◽  
Russian Market ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Action ◽  
The Eu

Significance Belarus's leadership is navigating carefully between Russia and the EU, avoiding alignment with Moscow against the West and exploring ways of engaging Europe on trade. Cautious engagement with the West is accompanied by greater tolerance of domestic dissent -- up to a point. Impacts Manufactured and food exports will remain focused on the Russian market for the foreseeable future. The government's next task is to extricate itself from any awkwardness around the latest US sanctions against Moscow. President Lukashenka recently hinted at handing over some powers to government, but this is likely only after his departure. Even with some more freedom of public action, the opposition is unlikely to evolve into a cohesive force.

scholarly journals Responsible Financing: International Standards and Transparency Trends in Doing Business

2021 ◽  
pp. 78-85
Author(s):  
A. D. Levashenko ◽  
I. S. Ermokhin
Keyword(s):  
International Finance ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Integral Element ◽  
Russian Law ◽  
Recent Initiative ◽  
Sustainability Standards ◽  
The Eu

Responsible financing has ceased to act as a narrow niche of finance market and today it involves more and more responsible finance institutions and companies interested in access to responsible finance tools. The basic condition for responsible financing implies availability of full trustworthy information about non-financial figures of the potential project for investment. Thus non-financial accounting has become an integral element of the responsible financing development in the world. The authors analyze key effective international tools on responsible financing and revealing non-financial information. They give characteristics of stages in shaping the institution of responsible financing. Apart from that they study regulation of responsible financing and non-financial accounting in the EU and Russian law. Today on international finance market we can observe a considerable demand both for developing systems of non-finance accounting standards and harmonization of draft standards, as all accounting standard systems use one and the same notions. The article investigates as an example a recent initiative of MSFO concerning setting-up the Council on sustainability standards. However, we should state the absence of the standard concerning revealing non-finance information by companies in Russia. Proposals were put forward about the development of responsible financing in Russia by making-up legislation in this field.

scholarly journals Retooling the Sustainability Standards in EU Free Trade Agreements

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-51
Author(s):  
Marco Bronckers ◽  
Giovanni Gruni
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Environmental Standards ◽  
Labour Dispute ◽  
Monitoring And Enforcement ◽  
Trade Retaliation ◽  
Sustainability Standards ◽  
Domestic Level ◽  
The Eu

ABSTRACT The EU’s weak promotional policy towards sustainability in its free trade arguments is up for revision. Labour and environmental standards need to be tightened. They were given a boost on balance by a remarkable panel ruling of January 2021 in the long-standing EU–Korea labour dispute. Compliance ought to be subject to regular dispute settlement between governments. Sanctions must be added to the EU’s toolbox, going beyond trade retaliation. Private stakeholders should become more involved in monitoring and enforcement, both at the international and at the domestic level. All this will put an extra responsibility on the EU and its Member States to protect their labour force and the environment as well.

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