Many ecosystems exist primarily, or solely, on privately owned (freehold) or managed (leasehold) land. In rural and semirural areas, local and regional government agencies are commonly responsible for encouraging landholders to conserve native vegetation and species on these private properties....

Private standards and certification schemes provide an increasingly significant site of study for scholars interested in the restructuring of the agrifood sector. In the last ten years there has been a burgeoning literature on standards and certification schemes, focusing particularly on organic...

Books reviewed: Walter Isard, History of Regional Science and the Regional Science Association International: The Beginnings and Early History Robert E. Lang, Edgeless Cities: Exploring the Elusive Metropolis Lori G. Kletzer, Imports, Exports, and Jobs: What Does Trade Mean for Employment and...

The aim of this research project was to explore the role and agency of the ‘purpose ecosystem’ in contributing to Earth System Governance.Specifically, we examined if, and how, this emerging purpose ecosystem could represent an innovative form of private governance to help achieve the UN...

Integrated reporting (IR) is a global reporting phenomenon that promises to "catalyse a more cohesive and efficient approach to corporate reporting" to address problems of contemporary reporting regimes. The primary purpose of IR is to explain how organisations create value over time. The goal...

In this paper we explore the nature of the emerging purpose ecosystem and its role in transforming and supporting business to help address the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We argue that interactions among its ‘private actors’, who share efforts and belief in changing and...