Review
Development Studies
Vincent Canwat
Summary: Sustainable development concerns have been incorporated into global value chains, but our understanding of the sustainability effects of sustainable value chains is limited by the narrow focus, methodological weaknesses, and contextual diversity. This article analyzes the contributions of sustainable coffee value chains to sustainable development, finding that the effects vary across dimensions and standards. Fairtrade has a greater impact on social sustainability, while organic standards and the Rainforest Alliance have a greater impact on ecological sustainability. Sustainable coffee value chains have more contributions to social and ecological sustainability than economic sustainability, but combining standards can reduce trade-offs. The sustainability effects also differ across cooperatives due to their heterogeneity.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Eva-Marie Meemken, Christopher B. Barrett, Hope C. Michelson, Matin Qaim, Thomas Reardon, Jorge Sellare
Summary: Sustainability standards have varying effects on different supply chain actors and crops, but are insufficient to ensure food system sustainability and equity objectives in agrifood supply chains. The ongoing proliferation of certification schemes in the food sector calls for continuous evaluation of their impacts.
Article
Development Studies
Samuel Siewers, Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso, Leila Baghdadi
Summary: This paper examines the relationship between joining global value chains and firms' environmental performance. The results show that firms participating in GVCs perform better in terms of environmental indicators, such as adopting environmentally friendly technologies, complying with stricter standards and regulations, and monitoring emissions along supply chains. The study also finds that participation in GVCs is associated with more efficient energy use.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Francesca Sanguineti, Giovanna Magnani, Antonella Zucchella
Summary: With companies like Adidas leading the way, the use of additive manufacturing (AM) to manage global value chains in a more sustainable manner is gaining attention. However, there is a lack of research exploring this connection. To fill this gap, a systematic literature review is conducted, revealing the potential of AM to transform the management of sustainable global value chains and identifying areas for future research. The findings contribute to academic understanding and provide a framework for practitioners seeking to advance sustainable value chain management through AM.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ana Arias, Gumersindo Feijoo, Maria Teresa Moreira
Summary: The overexploitation of resources, population growth, and throwaway consumption are causing increased pressure on waste management. Promoting sustainable practices in waste valorization can lead to more efficient production chains and reduced environmental impact. However, the technical and economic feasibility of biorefineries remains a challenge.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Review
Fisheries
Frazen Tolentino-Zondervan, Pham Thi Anh Ngoc, Jamal Luka Roskam
Summary: This paper aims to provide the current status and future prospects of blockchain application in worldwide fisheries and aquaculture. The majority of blockchain use cases are for traceability and storytelling, and to a lesser extent for payments or incentives. Furthermore, there has been limited use cases of blockchain at the horizontal level, suggesting potential areas for improvement in financing, incentives, and data collection.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yuhan Liang, Qiumeng Zhong, Zijun Deng, Hui Li, Zhifeng Jetashree, Zhifeng Yang, Sai Liang
Summary: Decoupling global economic growth from carbon emissions is crucial for mitigating climate change. This study reveals significant differences in decoupling status across regions and highlights the importance of international multilateral cooperation for achieving strong decoupling of economic growth and carbon emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Agricultural Engineering
Prangan Duarah, Dibyajyoti Haldar, Anil Kumar Patel, Cheng-Di Dong, Reeta Rani Singhania, Mihir Kumar Purkait
Summary: This article focuses on the analysis of bioenergy policy measures undertaken by various federal agencies of different countries, aiming to shed light on the obstacles impeding the growth of biofuel as a sustainable and alternative fuel. It thoroughly reviews feedstock utilization, blending targets, and policy assistance schemes, and highlights the potential of commercial firms in bioenergy production. The article concludes with the authors' viewpoints to address the standing issues of global bioenergy generation.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Minglai Zhang, Zhijia Chen
Summary: Stakeholder awareness of social sustainability issues is growing, but few understand the motivations behind companies' implementation of social sustainability in their supply chain management or investment in developing countries. This study examines the influence of customers, sustainability culture, management, and external stakeholders on companies' acceptance of social sustainability in their supply chains. Data from 356 apparel and footwear manufacturers in South Asian countries were analyzed, revealing the interdependence of organizational and institutional structures within a social sustainability framework. The findings emphasize the importance of contextualizing GVC governance models with local institutional needs for effective social sustainability implementation.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Economics
Rui Xie, Meng Niu, Bin Su, Jiali Ge
Summary: This study extends the measurement of the global value chain decomposition framework to the sub-national regional level, exploring data from 30 Chinese provinces. It finds that coastal provinces show a more significant decline in nationalization, regionalization, and globalization compared to inland provinces, while the level of regionalization weakening is generally the same across all provinces. In terms of production-sharing activities, complex GVC embeddedness is the main mode for Chinese provinces but shows signs of gradual weakening over time, particularly in the coastal regions.
Article
Management
Keiko Ito, Kenta Ikeuchi, Chiara Criscuolo, Jonathan Timmis, Antonin Bergeaud
Summary: This paper examines how changes in both position and participation in GVC networks affect firm innovation. The study finds that Japan's position in GVCs has shifted from the core of Asian value chains to the periphery relative to other countries. It also shows that increasing firms' forward centrality in key GVC hubs is positively associated with their patent applications in the corresponding sectors, suggesting knowledge spillovers from downstream markets.
Article
Business
Stefanos Mouzas, Florian Bauer
Summary: This paper develops a theoretical foundation for rethinking business performance in global value chains amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. It proposes a comprehensive framework that includes operational efficiency, market effectiveness, and financial resilience as three key performance systems. The study highlights the interplay and potential conflicts among these systems and provides implications for assessing business performance and future research direction.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zoe Mellick, Alice Payne, Laurie Buys
Summary: The paper proposes a tailored method that combines value chain thinking with qualitative value mapping techniques to identify sustainable value, and conducts empirical research among stakeholders of a single cotton value chain. The results demonstrate the success of this method in identifying sustainable value propositions for different actors in the chain and discovering novel sustainable value opportunities.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nirvana A. Marting Vidaurre, Iris Lewandowski, Jan Lask
Summary: Social risk assessment using databases allows sustainability practitioners to quickly identify social hotspots in value chains. However, the regionalization of data and the accuracy of assumptions are crucial for reliable results, which need to be validated by external sources of information.
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Depi Susilawati, Peter J. Kanowski
Summary: All Indonesian wood value chains are regulated by the national Timber Legality and Sustainability Verification System (SVLK). Results from three case studies show that SVLK has promoted legality and sustainability compliance in value chains dominated by large-scale actors, but not in those dominated by small-scale actors. Problematic elements of SVLK include the roles of both large- and small-scale actors, standards, traceability system, monitoring and auditing mechanisms, and compliance. Proposed improvements include revisiting standards, emphasizing field performance, limiting auditors' flexibility, integrating online systems, adopting a product classification, and increasing monitoring and auditing resources.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Letter
Ecology
Ellinor Isgren, Chad S. Boda, David Harnesk, David O'Byrne
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lennart Olsson, Henrik Thoren, David Harnesk, Johannes Persson
Summary: The question of whether a single extreme climate event can be attributed to human induced climate change has sparked research and discussions. The probabilistic event attribution approach is advocated for advancing climate policies, while critics raise concerns about potential misguided policies. This study presents ethical predicaments rooted in epistemic choices of single event attribution, highlighting the sensitivity of probabilistic event attribution to these predicaments and the need for a causality-driven approach.
Review
Engineering, Environmental
David Harnesk
Summary: This paper examines the impact of human interventions, particularly forestry, on Sami reindeer pastoralism in Sweden, and how these interventions have worsened the ecological conditions for natural grazing-based responses to changing snow conditions caused by climate change. The study identifies two overlapping ecological dynamics that affect the availability of lichen as a key forage resource, and discusses the implications of its findings within the science-politics interface.
Book Review
Environmental Studies
David Harnesk
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
David Harnesk, Didac Pascual, Lennart Olsson
Summary: The impacts of climate change on rural cultures and livelihoods are influenced by the complex biophysical processes that alter people's land use practices. This study found that the detrimental effects of climate change and encroachments on winter forage availability for reindeer herding in Northern Sweden were amplified by specific forestry practices and infrastructure. The results highlight the importance of ecological interventions to address local concerns, while policy inaction poses a threat to the desired human-animal relations in the landscape.
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
David Harnesk, Ellinor Isgren
Summary: This article discusses the idea of promoting sustainability research through emancipatory social science, critical realism, and social theory, emphasizing the analysis of environmental problems, proposing viable alternatives, and exploring theories of transformation. It also examines the potential challenges of scales and the distinction between reforms and transformation in research.
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING E-NATURE AND SPACE
(2022)
Article
Geography
David Harnesk
Article
Ecology
Asa Knaggard, Barry Ness, David Harnesk
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2018)
Article
Geography
Sofia Persson, David Harnesk, Mine Islar
Review
Development Studies
David Harnesk, Sara Brogaard
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT
(2017)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars odegaard Bentsen, Narada Dilp Warakagoda, Roy Stenbro, Paal Engelstad
Summary: This study investigates uncertainty modeling in wind power forecasting using different parametric and non-parametric methods. Johnson's SU distribution is found to outperform Gaussian distributions in predicting wind power. This research contributes to the literature by introducing Johnson's SU distribution as a candidate for probabilistic wind forecasting.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Liu, Qiuchen Wang, Yunhao Wen, Long Li, Xinfang Zhang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study analyzes the characteristics of process parameters in three lean gas ethane recovery processes and establishes a prediction and multiobjective optimization model for ethane recovery and system energy consumption. A new method for comparing ethane recovery processes for lean gas is proposed, and the addition of extra coolers improves the ethane recovery. The support vector regression model based on grey wolf optimization demonstrates the highest prediction accuracy, and the multiobjective multiverse optimization algorithm shows the best optimization performance and diversity in the solutions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cairong Song, Haidong Yang, Xian-Bing Meng, Pan Yang, Jianyang Cai, Hao Bao, Kangkang Xu
Summary: The paper proposes a novel deep learning-based prediction framework, aTCN-LSTM, for accurate cooling load predictions. The framework utilizes a gate-controlled multi-head temporal convolutional network and a sparse probabilistic self-attention mechanism with a bidirectional long short-term memory network to capture both temporal and long-term dependencies in the cooling load sequences. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method, which can serve as an effective guide for HVAC chiller scheduling and demand management initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhe Chen, Xiaojing Li, Xianli Xia, Jizhou Zhang
Summary: This study uses survey data from the Loess Plateau in China to evaluate the impact of social interaction on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technology by farmers. The study finds that social interaction increases the likelihood of farmers adopting SWC, and internet use moderates this effect. The positive impact of social interaction on SWC adoption is more pronounced for farmers in larger villages and those who join cooperative societies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenghua Zhang, Yunfei Yan, Kaiming Shen, Zongguo Xue, Jingxiang You, Yonghong Wu, Ziqiang He
Summary: This paper reports a novel method that significantly improves combustion performance, including heat transfer enhancement under steady-state conditions and adaptive stable flame regulation under velocity sudden increase.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)