Periodic Reporting for period 2 - COMPASS (Is environmental justice necessary for human well-being? Comparative analysis of certification schemes, inclusive business, and solidarity economy strategies)
Période du rapport: 2022-09-01 au 2024-02-29
• include the implementation of a first-of-its-kind survey of certification, inclusive business and solidarity economy strategies (WP1.1);
• the exploratory analysis of public policies and legal frameworks in the cocoa and coffee sectors of Peru and Switzerland (WP1.2);
• one pilot study about gender-inclusive value chains and human well-being (WP2);
• one pilot study about local perspectives of environmental justice in a cocoa producing region in Peru (WP3);
• contributions to the advancement of the archetypes approach, an approach to knowledge cumulation and synthesis in sustainability research, through a Special Issue (WP4);
• advances in the approach of networks of action situations through a Special Issue (WP2, WP3);
• the project’s engagement strategy in selected key networks in Peru, EU, Switzerland and at global levels in line with principles of fair and ethical research (WP4);
• the hosting of an international workshop on environmental justice; and the creation of an international working group about the institutionalization of environmental justice (one of the new research directions that COMPASS aims to influence) (WP3).
• We regularly present our results in scientific conferences, invited presentations, blogs, multi-stakeholder venues and dissemination events.
1) The survey in WP1 is the first study of its kind to systematically compare organizational strategies of certification, inclusive business and solidarity economy in terms of their governance instruments and underlying theories of change.
2) The EnJust Workshop 2022 was a highlight event in pursuing our aim to spearhead the development of a new strand in environmental justice research about the institutionalization of environment justice.
Phase 2 (second half of the project):
1) COMPASS shall break new ground by systematically comparing the effects of certification, inclusive business and solidarity economy strategies on human well-being. It will push contemporary theories of inclusive value chains by exploring and tracing the mechanisms responsible for unexplained outcomes.
2) COMPASS shall develop a new strand of environmental justice research on private-sector strategies by analysing the rules through which organizations institutionalize environmental justice in their CS, IB, and SE strategies, and how this impacts decision-making about land use, investment, and trade.
3) COMPASS shall provide and test an innovative synthesis of theories explaining the links between well-being; environmental justice; CS, IB, and SE strategies; institutional regimes; and value chain structures.