SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

This open access book focuses on the issue of sustainability standards from the perspective of both global governance frameworks and emerging economies It stems from the recognition that the accelerated pace of economic globalization has generated production and consumption patterns that are generating sustainability concerns Sustainability standards and regulations are increasingly being used in a bid to make global consumption and production more sustainable Given the dense inter connectedness of economic affairs globally the use of sustainability standards has become a concern of global governance who face the challenge of achieving a balance between the use of standards for genuine sustainability objectives and not allowing them to turn into instruments of protectionism or coercion The emerging economies given their increasing engagement with the global economy are most impacted by the use of sustainability standards The emphasis of emerging economies in thisbook is retained both by using case studies from these economies and by collating perceptions and assessments of those located in these economies The case studies included span sectors such as palm oil forestry food quality vehicular emissions and water standards and address the problems uniqu