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Climate change and the transformative potential of value chains

Hochachka, Gail

Ecological economics, 2023-04, Vol.206, p.107747, Article 107747 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Elsevier B.V

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  • Título:
    Climate change and the transformative potential of value chains
  • Autor: Hochachka, Gail
  • Assuntos: Climate change ; Climate impacts on coffee ; Global value chains ; Relational governance ; Relational value chains ; Transformations to sustainability ; Upgrading
  • É parte de: Ecological economics, 2023-04, Vol.206, p.107747, Article 107747
  • Descrição: Global value chains (GVCs) hold important potential for transformations to sustainability in a context of climate change. Yet, their potential for sustainability may depend on whether, and how, promising individual innovations can foster broader change, disrupting the current unsustainable, inequitable values and paradigms in which they are enmeshed. In this article, I present an action research study of a global coffee value chain, extending geographically from Guatemala to North America. I describe the lead firm's relational governance, a defining characteristic of which is its mentoring-driven approach to social and environmental upgrading, in which producers and buyers collaborate, learn together, and mutually solve problems, in a context of overlapping economic, social, and environmental challenges. Three key strategies for relational governance used by the lead firm include fostering collaboration and trust, providing support for producing regions, and buying above the cost of production. I examine how this relational governance has been helpful in responding to the interconnected challenges and unexpected global-change phenomena, such as climate change as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, in the coffee sector. Findings suggest that this relational governance approach helped actors to respond generatively to unprecedented, shared challenges and helped support greater sustainability overall. •Coffee production is threatened by climate change impacts and faces challenges to livelihoods and sustainability.•Global value chains (GVCs) can play a role in social and environmental upgrading depending on their manner of governance.•A lead firm’s relational governance of its Guatemalan coffee value chain was found to be effective in meeting challenges.•A relational approach improved mutual problem-solving, collaboration, and trust in situations of unprecedented complexity.•Relational GVCs may outperform business-as-usual in situations of climate uncertainty, supporting more circular economies.
  • Editor: Elsevier B.V
  • Idioma: Inglês;Norueguês
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