Greening Global Value Chains : Some Implementation Challenges

The paper aims to highlight some of the most important implementation issues associated with the greening of global value chains with special attention given to how public policies and business strategies can support each other in meeting the chall...

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Main Author: Sinclair-Desgagné, Bernard
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ESP
OIL
WEB
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18276445/greening-global-value-chains-some-implementation-challenges
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16840
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topic ACTION PLAN
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ALLOCATION
ANTITRUST
AUDITS
BIDDING
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
BUSINESS FUNCTIONS
BUSINESS PROCESSES
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS
BUSINESS SERVICES
BUSINESS STRATEGIES
BUSINESS STRATEGY
BUSINESSES
BUYER
BUYERS
CAPITAL GOODS
CARBON
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COAL
COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
CONTROL SYSTEM
DECISION MAKING
DECISION MAKING PROCESSES
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DUMPING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION
ECONOMICS
ECONOMISTS
EFFECTIVE USE
ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
ELECTRICITY
EMISSION ABATEMENT
EMISSIONS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT
END USERS
ENERGY POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
EQUIPMENT
ESP
EXPLICIT CONTRACTS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FINANCIAL METRICS
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL MARKET
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT POLICY
HAZARDOUS WASTES
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMAGE
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
INSPECTION
INSPECTIONS
INSTALLATION
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
INVENTORY
JOBS
MAINTENANCE COSTS
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MANUFACTURING
MARKET COMPETITION
MARKET CONCENTRATION
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET INCENTIVES
MARKET INSTRUMENTS
MARKET POWER
MARKETING
MATERIAL
MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
MOBILE PHONE
MOBILE PHONES
MONETARY INCENTIVES
OIL
OPEN ACCESS
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
OUTSOURCING
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLLUTERS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
PRICE COMPETITION
PRINCIPAL-AGENT
PROCUREMENT
PRODUCERS
PRODUCT DESIGN
PRODUCT INNOVATIONS
PRODUCT QUALITY
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROTOCOL
PURCHASING
R&D
RECYCLING
REGULATORY SYSTEM
RESOURCE ECONOMICS
RESOURCE USE
RESULT
RESULTS
RETAILING
SAFETY
SPREAD
SUBSTITUTE
SUBSTITUTES
SUPPLIER
SUPPLIERS
SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
SUPPLY CHAINS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
TIMBER
TRACEABILITY
TRADABLE PERMITS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRANSACTION
TRANSFER PRICES
VALUE CHAIN
VALUE CHAINS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER POLLUTION
WEB
WOMEN WORKERS
WORKING CONDITIONS
spellingShingle ACTION PLAN
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ALLOCATION
ANTITRUST
AUDITS
BIDDING
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
BUSINESS FUNCTIONS
BUSINESS PROCESSES
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS
BUSINESS SERVICES
BUSINESS STRATEGIES
BUSINESS STRATEGY
BUSINESSES
BUYER
BUYERS
CAPITAL GOODS
CARBON
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COAL
COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
CONTROL SYSTEM
DECISION MAKING
DECISION MAKING PROCESSES
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DUMPING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION
ECONOMICS
ECONOMISTS
EFFECTIVE USE
ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
ELECTRICITY
EMISSION ABATEMENT
EMISSIONS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT
END USERS
ENERGY POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
EQUIPMENT
ESP
EXPLICIT CONTRACTS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FINANCIAL METRICS
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL MARKET
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT POLICY
HAZARDOUS WASTES
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMAGE
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
INSPECTION
INSPECTIONS
INSTALLATION
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
INVENTORY
JOBS
MAINTENANCE COSTS
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MANUFACTURING
MARKET COMPETITION
MARKET CONCENTRATION
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET INCENTIVES
MARKET INSTRUMENTS
MARKET POWER
MARKETING
MATERIAL
MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
MOBILE PHONE
MOBILE PHONES
MONETARY INCENTIVES
OIL
OPEN ACCESS
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
OUTSOURCING
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLLUTERS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
PRICE COMPETITION
PRINCIPAL-AGENT
PROCUREMENT
PRODUCERS
PRODUCT DESIGN
PRODUCT INNOVATIONS
PRODUCT QUALITY
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROTOCOL
PURCHASING
R&D
RECYCLING
REGULATORY SYSTEM
RESOURCE ECONOMICS
RESOURCE USE
RESULT
RESULTS
RETAILING
SAFETY
SPREAD
SUBSTITUTE
SUBSTITUTES
SUPPLIER
SUPPLIERS
SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
SUPPLY CHAINS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
TIMBER
TRACEABILITY
TRADABLE PERMITS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRANSACTION
TRANSFER PRICES
VALUE CHAIN
VALUE CHAINS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER POLLUTION
WEB
WOMEN WORKERS
WORKING CONDITIONS
Sinclair-Desgagné, Bernard
Greening Global Value Chains : Some Implementation Challenges
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6613
description The paper aims to highlight some of the most important implementation issues associated with the greening of global value chains with special attention given to how public policies and business strategies can support each other in meeting the challenge, particularly in developing countries. This requires a systemic view of global value chains that includes downstream supply chains and explicitly takes into account the relationships between regular members (raw materials providers, component manufacturers, and assembly plants, notably) and their clean-tech suppliers. It also involves a careful description of the business landscapes of global value chains as well as reliable environmental metrics and data, carefully examining how these can be shared among global value chain members and their stakeholders. Certain incentives must be set within member firms and throughout the supply chain and this involves reviewing managerial practices -- monitoring and auditing of environmental performance, compensation and rewards, transfer prices, task design and allocation, decision making processes, employee selection and training, and organizational culture -- and framing outsourcing contracts appropriately. To be effective, however, these initiatives need to be encouraged by credible national policies (which include environmental but also social policies targeting informal businesses) and international agreements, revealing disclosure programs, and a vigilant civil society. On a global level, the coordination of business and public policies is crucial as the greening of a global value chain will certainly work best if its members and stakeholders move in tandem.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Sinclair-Desgagné, Bernard
author_facet Sinclair-Desgagné, Bernard
author_sort Sinclair-Desgagné, Bernard
title Greening Global Value Chains : Some Implementation Challenges
title_short Greening Global Value Chains : Some Implementation Challenges
title_full Greening Global Value Chains : Some Implementation Challenges
title_fullStr Greening Global Value Chains : Some Implementation Challenges
title_full_unstemmed Greening Global Value Chains : Some Implementation Challenges
title_sort greening global value chains : some implementation challenges
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18276445/greening-global-value-chains-some-implementation-challenges
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16840
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spelling okr-10986-168402021-04-23T14:03:32Z Greening Global Value Chains : Some Implementation Challenges Sinclair-Desgagné, Bernard ACTION PLAN AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ALLOCATION ANTITRUST AUDITS BIDDING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS FUNCTIONS BUSINESS PROCESSES BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESS STRATEGIES BUSINESS STRATEGY BUSINESSES BUYER BUYERS CAPITAL GOODS CARBON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CONTROL SYSTEM DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING PROCESSES DEFORESTATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DUMPING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EFFECTIVE USE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND ELECTRICITY EMISSION ABATEMENT EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT END USERS ENERGY POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL RISK EQUIPMENT ESP EXPLICIT CONTRACTS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL METRICS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKET GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT POLICY HAZARDOUS WASTES HUMAN CAPITAL IMAGE INCOME INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY INSPECTION INSPECTIONS INSTALLATION INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRINSIC MOTIVATION INVENTORY JOBS MAINTENANCE COSTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING MARKET COMPETITION MARKET CONCENTRATION MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET INCENTIVES MARKET INSTRUMENTS MARKET POWER MARKETING MATERIAL MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MONETARY INCENTIVES OIL OPEN ACCESS OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OUTSOURCING POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION ABATEMENT PRICE COMPETITION PRINCIPAL-AGENT PROCUREMENT PRODUCERS PRODUCT DESIGN PRODUCT INNOVATIONS PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTOCOL PURCHASING R&D RECYCLING REGULATORY SYSTEM RESOURCE ECONOMICS RESOURCE USE RESULT RESULTS RETAILING SAFETY SPREAD SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTES SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAINS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TIMBER TRACEABILITY TRADABLE PERMITS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSACTION TRANSFER PRICES VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER POLLUTION WEB WOMEN WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS The paper aims to highlight some of the most important implementation issues associated with the greening of global value chains with special attention given to how public policies and business strategies can support each other in meeting the challenge, particularly in developing countries. This requires a systemic view of global value chains that includes downstream supply chains and explicitly takes into account the relationships between regular members (raw materials providers, component manufacturers, and assembly plants, notably) and their clean-tech suppliers. It also involves a careful description of the business landscapes of global value chains as well as reliable environmental metrics and data, carefully examining how these can be shared among global value chain members and their stakeholders. Certain incentives must be set within member firms and throughout the supply chain and this involves reviewing managerial practices -- monitoring and auditing of environmental performance, compensation and rewards, transfer prices, task design and allocation, decision making processes, employee selection and training, and organizational culture -- and framing outsourcing contracts appropriately. To be effective, however, these initiatives need to be encouraged by credible national policies (which include environmental but also social policies targeting informal businesses) and international agreements, revealing disclosure programs, and a vigilant civil society. On a global level, the coordination of business and public policies is crucial as the greening of a global value chain will certainly work best if its members and stakeholders move in tandem. 2014-02-03T21:31:42Z 2014-02-03T21:31:42Z 2013-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18276445/greening-global-value-chains-some-implementation-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16840 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6613 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research