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  title info:
    title: Beyond greenwash?
    sub title: explaining credibility in transnational eco-labeling
  name:
    name part: Ven, Hamish van der
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2019
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 230 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: Beyond Greenwash systematically investigates the credibility of transnational eco-labeling organizations across countries and commercial sectors. It uses original data, an innovative mixed-method research design, and a unique measure of credibility in transnational governance to challenge the conventional wisdom that only governments or environmental NGOs can create meaningful environmental governance.
  abstract: From green frogs and blue angels to white bunnies, modern consumers are confronted by a growing array of colorful eco-labels on everything from coffee to computers. When eco-labels are credible, they can lead to dramatic change in environmental practices broadly and quickly by leveraging the purchasing power of corporate clients (e.g., Walmart and McDonalds) to influence global supply chains. But the credibility of such labels is highly variable; and despite the existence of established practices for eco-labeling, many labels remain little more than superficial exercises in 'greenwash.' How can consumers separate greenwash from genuine attempts to address environmental challenges? Beyond Greenwash addresses this question by systematically investigating the credibility of transnational eco-labeling organizations across countries and commercial sectors. Using an innovative proxy measure for credibility that examines adherence to established best practices, Hamish van der Ven proposes a novel theory of rigor and credibility in transnational eco-labeling that upends conventional wisdom. He argues that the credibility of an eco-label does not depend on who creates or manages it-whether a government, industry association, professional standard setter, or environmental NGO. Rather, it depends on which types of businesses use the label. More specifically, eco-labeling organizations that target bigger, consumer-facing retailers tend to create credible eco-labels out of a desire to insulate their clients from critical scrutiny and gain acceptance in new markets. This theory challenges the conventional wisdom that only governments or environmental NGOs can create meaningful environmental governance and suggests that who is being governed matters as much, if not more, than who is doing the governing.
  table of contents: Eco-labels and the credibility puzzle in transnational governance -- The correlates of procedural credibility in transnational eco-labeling -- A targets of governance approach to explaining procedural credibility -- Credibility in sustainable aquaculture eco-labeling -- Credibility in carbon neutral eco-labeling -- Drawing big lessons from small labels -- Appendix A: Organizations in the transnational eco-labeling organization dataset -- Appendix B: The index of best practice in eco-labeling.
  note: Hamish van der Ven.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Eco-labeling
  subject:
    topic: Eco-labeling
    topic: Standards
  subject:
    topic: Eco-labeling
    topic: Government policy
  subject:
    topic: Green marketing
  subject:
    topic: Étiquetage écologique
  subject:
    topic: Étiquetage écologique
    topic: Normes
  subject:
    topic: Étiquetage écologique
    topic: Politique gouvernementale
  subject:
    topic: Marketing vert
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
    topic: Industrial Management
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
    topic: Management
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
    topic: Management Science
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
    topic: Organizational Behavior
  subject:
    topic: Eco-labeling
  subject:
    topic: Green marketing
  classification: HF5413 .V46 2019eb
  classification: 658.802
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