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Testing the market appetite for voluntary international environmental management certification Testing the market appetite for voluntary international environmental management certification - ISO 14001

Testing the market appetite for voluntary international environmental management certification

Dr Irene Margaret’s research tests the market appetite for voluntary international environmental management certification and examines the impact of a strongly binding multilateral agreement on the perceived value of adopting the ISO 14001 certification.

Posted on: 16 October 2023

Reading between the lines: Assessing language in modern slavery statementsReading between the lines: Assessing language in modern slavery statements

Reading between the lines: Assessing language in modern slavery statements

Professor Jo Meehan and Dr Bruce Pinnington explore the questions: what do businesses say they do to tackle modern slavery in their supply chains... and what can we learn from what they don’t say?

Posted on: 20 February 2023

Shaping preferable futures for a Social Value Framework in the Liverpool City RegionShaping preferable futures for a Social Value Framework in the LCR

Shaping preferable futures for a Social Value Framework in the Liverpool City Region

How can academic research support the development of a social value strategy for the Liverpool City Region that creates a more preferable future?

Posted on: 18 October 2022