Highlights•Goal-setting is a novel global governance strategy.•'Governance through goals' is
best exemplified by the Sustainable Development Goals.•Unique features of the Sustainable …

This article reviews and assesses the outcome of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP-
21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in …

We reflect on our 2008 article,“'Implicit'and 'Explicit'CSR: A Conceptual Framework for a
Comparative Understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility,” first recalling its origins. We …

Global sustainability governance is marked by a highly fragmented system of distinct
clusters of international organizations, along with states and other actors. Enhancing inter …

The signature feature of twenty-first-century international cooperation is arguably not the
regime but the regime complex. A regime complex is an array of partially overlapping and …

Activists have exposed startling forms of labor exploitation and environmental degradation in
global industries, leading many large retailers and brands to adopt standards for fairness …

The member states of the United Nations collectively agreed on the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) as equally important global objectives. Yet the same states …

The Eurozone crisis and the refugee crisis are showcases of the problems associated with
the EU's shift from market integration to the integration of core state powers. The integration …

This study aims to disentangle the concept of meta-governance by systematically reviewing
79 articles. By investigating the who, what, why, and how of meta-governance, this article …

Private organizations play a growing role in governing global issues alongside traditional
public actors such as states, international organizations, and subnational governments …