Voluntary standards, expert knowledge and the governance of sustainability networks

By S. Ponte, E. Cheyns. 2013

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Evaluating the effectiveness of palm oil certification in delivering multiple sustainability objectives (2018, background): “RSPO’s governance framework has been subject to several evaluations focused on improving capacity (Nikoloyuk et al 2010, Paoli et al 2010), legitimacy (Schouten and Glasbergen 2011), knowledge sharing Ponte and Cheyns (2013) and participation Winters et al (2015).”
Sustainability governance of chains and networks: a review and future outlook (2015, background): “MSIs also provide lead-firms with a means of reducing their reputational risk (McCarthy et al., 2012; Ponte and Cheyns, 2013).”
Voicing concern and difference: from public spaces to common-places (2014, unknown): “To the transfer of authority from nation states to a European level, we shall add the rise of ‘ private ’ authorities related to governing through voluntary standards and objectives (Breviglieri, 2013; Cheyns, in press; de Castelbajac, 2009; Ponte & Cheyns, 2013; Thévenot, 1997, 2009, 2011b).”
Harnessing Wicked Problems in Multi-stakeholder Partnerships (2018, background): “As only relatively few organizations were involved in the early days of the RSPO, Unilever and WWF were able to hold key positions during the multi-stakeholder processes and steer the discussions based on pragmatism and technical rationality (Ponte and Cheyns 2013).”