Environmental Upgrading in Global Value Chains
| Autor: | Stefano Ponte, René Taudal Poulsen, Henrik Sornn-Friese |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Value (ethics)
Partially successful Ports 050210 logistics & transportation Sociology and Political Science 05 social sciences Visibility (geometry) Tool implementation complexity 010501 environmental sciences Environmental economics Environmental upgrading 01 natural sciences Port (computer networking) 12. Responsible consumption Maritime transport Air pollutants 13. Climate action Global value chains Emission visibility 11. Sustainability 0502 economics and business Business Organizational theory 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Global value chain |
| Zdroj: | Geoforum. 89:83-95 |
| ISSN: | 1872-9398 0016-7185 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.01.011 |
| Popis: | Ports are crucial hubs in the functioning of the global economy, and maritime transport is a major emitter of air pollutants. Ports have considerable potential for promoting environmental upgrading in maritime transport and along global value chains more generally, but so far have been only partially successful in doing so. We examine results, limitations and future potential of voluntary initiatives that have been carried out by selected European and North American port authorities, which are considered frontrunners in environmental management. Drawing from the insights of global value chain analysis and organizational theory, we find that low ‘tool implementation complexity’ and high ‘issue visibility’ concerning emissions are key facilitators of environmental upgrading. We suggest that ports can intervene in two main ways to improve the environmental performance of maritime transport beyond their organizational and physical boundaries: by lowering tool implementation complexity through stronger collaboration within global value chains; and by enhancing emission visibility through alliances with cargo-owners and regulators. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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