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PEPP wins WU Best Paper Award!

21/10/2025

Kolcava/Smith/Bernauer: Sustainability regulations for global supply chains are supported across middle-income democracies

Dennis Kolcava has received the 2025 WU City of Vienna Best Paper Award for joint work with E. Keith Smith and Thomas Bernauer (both from ETH Zurich), published in Nature Communications, in the category 'Business Communication, Law, Humanities, Sociology, Economic Geography, and Interdisciplinary Research'. The paper examines public support for aligning domestic sustainability regulations in non-OECD countries (Brazil, India, Indonesia) with emerging global supply chain standards, which are largely driven by high-income countries. The paper finds significant support primarily motivated by perceived long-term benefits, such as market access and strengthened local regulations, suggesting that stricter sustainability measures could be acceptable globally, including in developing economies. Find the published paper here.

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