The coffee industry is one of the most important commercial value chains worldwide.
Nonetheless, it is also associated to several social, economic, and environmental concerns …

Sustainability certification (SC) is one of the most popular private sector approaches to
govern social and environmental outcomes of trade in products from agriculture, forestry and …

The coffee sector is facing several sustainability challenges. We ask whether addressing
these is transforming the entire coffee sector or rather leading to market differentiation …

Abstract Information sharing lies at the core of most governance interventions within agro-
food commodity supply-chains, such as certification standards or direct trade relationships …

Despite the importance of tropical forest conservation in achieving global sustainability
goals and the key role of forest-risk commodity trade in driving deforestation, consumer …

Abstract Voluntary Sustainability Standards have become a popular private governance
framework for more sustainable agri‐food value chains. Yet, amid increasing concerns over …

Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) in the coffee sector have become a popular tool to
improve the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers. As third-party and company-led VSS …

ABSTRACT Voluntary Sustainability Standards have become a popular private governance
framework for more sustainable agri-food value chains. However, recent mainstreaming …

Certified products are a possible way to obtain and improve sustainability. Nevertheless,
their effectiveness in enhancing agri-system sustainability is strongly questioned in the …

Coffee production faces major sustainability issues and consumers increasingly look to
choose certified coffee as awareness grows. While consumers' understanding of …