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Evolution of VSS: From Niche to Mainstream

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This following chapter aims to discuss the most important standards and historical developments that have led to the current situation facing voluntary sustainability standards (VSS).

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    http://www.fair-trade-hub.com.

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    World Resource Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

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    GHG Protocol: Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard.

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    British Standards Institution.

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    http://www.ecolabelindex.com/.

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    http://www.ekobai.com/.

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  1. Department of Environmental Planning, Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) Cottbus, 101344, 03013, Cottbus, Germany

    David Ovando Jeria

  2. ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions, Bad Soden, Germany

    Miguel Araque Vera

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  1. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Inter- nationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany

    Carsten Schmitz-Hoffmann

  2. Environmental Planning, Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU), Cottbus, Germany

    Michael Schmidt

  3. Division 45 - Rural Development and Agri, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale, Eschborn, Germany

    Berthold Hansmann

  4. Environmental Planning, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany

    Dmitry Palekhov

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Jeria, D.O., Araque Vera, M. (2014). Evolution of VSS: From Niche to Mainstream. In: Schmitz-Hoffmann, C., Schmidt, M., Hansmann, B., Palekhov, D. (eds) Voluntary Standard Systems. Natural Resource Management in Transition, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35716-9_4

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