Category: Value Chain Analysis
The Current Situation of Sustainable Packaging in the Taiwanese E-commerce Industry
Abstract The e-commerce industry in Taiwan is growing rapidly with the total revenue reaching 240 billion NTD in 2019, which can be assumed that over 120 million packaging boxes or bags were used in a year. The packaging waste caused
The Orchestration between Private and Public Governace: The Case of Sustainability Certification Schemes for Palm Oil
The palm oil industry has been increasingly relying on international private initiative schemes, e.g. RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil). While the GoI (Government of Indonesia) established ISPO (Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil) aimed to be the national standard. Despite the
Transnational business governance within the palm oil industry: The case of ISPO and RSPO
Abstract There is an increasing importance of transnational business governance which can be seen from the adoption of it as a novel mode of regulation to promote sustainable development and as a study subject of scholarly research. Transnational business governance–for
An indigestible feast? A multi-scalar approach to the energy transition in Taiwan
Written by Ker-Hsuan Chien Image credit: unsplash.com Abstract Whilst current, global efforts in energy transition have driven up renewable energy generation around the world, this growth in renewable energy is often accompanied by the understated, increased dependency on natural gas. This paper
When the State Brings Itself Back into GVC:The Case of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge
In the past decades, there has been an increasing fragmentation of governance, authority, andinstitutions in the global value chain (GVC). The change from state to non-state forms ofauthority can be seen from the emergence of many business regulations
Case Study: RePack
What is RePack? RePack is a company based in Finland who makes efforts in the aspect of waste reduction by providing Transit Packaging (reusable packaging for transport). They provide packaging for B2C e-commerce products that do not need hard packaging protection
A Wake-Up Call to Improve Factory Working Procedures in a Time of Crisis
Written by Chan-Yuan Wong, Ker-Hsuan Chien, and Mei-Chih Hu. Image credit: Worker by We Make Noise/Flickr, license CC BY-ND 2.0 As the world enters the second
Current Situation of Sustainable and Recycle Packaging in Taiwan
According to EPA (Environmental Protection Administration), the domestic logistic industry is growing yearly in a rapid rate, from 27 billion NTD in 2012 to 32 billion NTD in 2016. In 2020, the total revenue of E-commerce industry in Taiwan reached
Sustainability of the palm oil industry: The effectiveness of functional meta-partnership in driving system-wide change
Abstract The increasing global demands for palm oil is followed by the rising critique associated with sustainability issues towards the production practices as it is the main driver behind the massive agricultural expansion, causing large-scale deforestation and biodiversity loss in the
