Sustainability Certification Schemes in the Agricultural and ... - 9781138572973

Taylor & Francis

Sustainability Certification Schemes in the Agricultural and Natural Resource SectorsOutcomes for Society and the Environment\nAuthor(s): Melissa Vogt\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138572973, 978-1138572973\nSynopsis\nThis book provides a balanced critique of a range of international sustainability certification schemes across nine agricultural and natural resource industries. \n\nCertification schemes set standards through intramarket private and multi-stakeholder mechanisms, and while third-party verification is often compulsory, certification schemes are regulated voluntarily rather than legislatively. This volume examines the intricacies of certification schemes and the issues they seek to address and provides the context within which each scheme operates. While a distinction between sustainability certifications and extra-markets or intrabusiness codes of conducts is made, the book also demonstrates how b.