Certifiably Sustainable? :  The Role of Third-Party Certification Systems: Report of a Workshop. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (143 pages) 
<br/><br/>FrontMatter -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Certification's Place in the Toolbelt -- 3 The Landscape of Certification Schemes -- 4 Standard Development and Implementation -- 5 The Market for Certified Products -- 6 Measuring Success -- 7 Optimizing Certification as a Tool -- 8 Future Research Directions -- Selected References -- Background Papers -- Standardization, Certification,and Labeling--Kira Matus -- Surveying the Landscape: Certification Schemes for Sustainable Products and Services--Derek Vollmer -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B: Workshop Participants -- Appendix C: Roundtable Roster. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780309147125 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sustainability -- United States.<br/>Sustainable agriculture -- Certification -- United States.<br/>Sustainable development -- Certification -- United States.<br/>Sustainable construction -- Certification -- United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC79.E5 -- C478 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.927