Certification schemes have emerged in recent years to become a significant and innovative
venue for standard setting and governance in the environmental realm. This review …

Multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) have become a vital part of the organizational landscape
for corporate social responsibility. Recent debates have explored whether these initiatives …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to study the possibility of promoting certified timber
coming from sustainable managed forests, in order to support Greek enterprises and the …

International environmental organizations propose voluntary eco-labeling as a market
incentive to promote industry to operate in an ecologically sustainable and environmentally …

Forest certification as a voluntary verification tool has been providing an independent
assessment of sustainable forestry practices and thus confidence in sustainability …

This study examined the strategic importance and marketing functions of forest certification
in the Finnish wood products industry, as well as the benefits of certification to suppliers. A …

The forestry industry provides a good illustration of the active roles that industry
associations, environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), national governments …

Abstract 'Green'markets represent a means through which public goods can be privately
provided. A green product is an impure public good consisting of a private good (eg, rain …

Malaysia, a major producer and exporter of wood products has been slow to embrace wood
products certification. A study was carried out with the intention of assessing the status of …

The purpose of this article is to examine empirically the impact of environmental certification
on firm financial performance (FP). The main question is whether there is a “green premium” …