Orchestrating sustainability: The case of European Union biofuel governance

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Schleifer, Philip
• 署名单位: University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
• 刊物名称: REGULATION & GOVERNANCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1748-5983
• DOI: 10.1111/rego.12037
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 533-546
• 关键词: Certification

摘要

This article provides an empirical analysis of orchestration - that is, the initiation, support, and embracement of private governance arrangements through public regulators - in the field of European Union biofuel governance. It examines the emerging sustainability regime and shows that orchestration has been extensively practiced. Regulators in the European Union have used a range of directive and facilitative measures to initiate and support private biofuel certification schemes and to incorporate them in their regulatory frameworks. This has given rise to a hybrid regime in which public and private approaches are closely intertwined. Discussing the benefits and complications of engaging with private biofuel sustainability governance, the article's findings point to a partial failure of orchestration in this policy area.