Carbon footprints and food systems : do current accounting methodologies disadvantage developing countries? (English)

Carbon accounting and labeling are new instruments of supply chain management and, in some cases, of regulation that may affect trade from developing counties. These instruments are used to analyze and present information on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from supply chains with the hope that they will help bring about reductions of GHGs. The designers of these schemes are caught in a dilemma: on one hand they have to respond to policy and corporate...

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Brenton,Paul;

Edwards-Jones,Gareth;

Jensen,Michael Friis;
Document Date
2010/09/21
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
56798
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/09/28
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Carbon footprints and food systems : do current accounting methodologies disadvantage developing countries?
Keywords
carbon footprint

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Brenton,Paul; Edwards-Jones,Gareth; Jensen,Michael Friis.

Carbon footprints and food systems : do current accounting methodologies disadvantage developing countries? (English). A World Bank study Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/512901468331833075

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