In this article a management model for interactive policy-making is proposed. Interactive
policy-making is a process whereby multiple parties play an active role and jointly arrive at a …

Highlights • Business–NGO partnerships are proliferating in global value chains. • They are
based on the idea of market-driven sustainable change. • Studies on partnerships often …

It is generally assumed that meltwater from the base of ice sheets is discharged in a relatively
thin subglacial zone. Whereas this may be true for ice sheets resting on impermeable beds…

... this is a book to read for anybody who wants a good overview of ongoing research on
environmental partnerships in public administration, business administration, political science …

This article suggests that understanding legitimization processes of private governance
initiatives requires a multi-dimensional approach. This suggestion has been operationalized in …

Eco-labels have become commonplace instruments of self-regulation. This paper analyzes
five food labels with respect to the reliability of their information. A new method to analyze …

Partnerships between environmental organizations and the private sector are fairly new.
They are an expression of a professional approach in the environmental movement and a …

In recent years intersectoral partnerships for sustainable development have been on the rise
in many global commodity chains. Taking the coffee chain as an example, we explore the …

The democratic quality of private multi-stakeholder governance is an important subject of
academic and political debate. On the one hand, private multi-stakeholder arrangements are …

One of the central themes in the debate on sustainable development addresses the question
of what institutional arrangements are the most promising in order to advance the process …