Call for Papers

SUB THEMES

Theoretical basis for green standards, regulations, and policies in trade and investment

  • Theories related to green growth, green transformation, and green standards/regulations/policies: concepts, requirements, content, and influencing factors.
  • The relationship between green standards/regulations/policies and international economic integration activities, focusing on international trade, foreign direct investment, financial system and operations of multinational companies.

Global context on integrating green policies and practices with global trade and investment

  • Drivers of the integration of green policies and practices with international trade and investment
  • New trends in environmental regulations and agreements related to trade and investment in multilateral and bilateral trade agreements
  • Green trade and green investment policies of countries around the world
  • Green standards of businesses and organizations related to  trade and investment

Current status of greening–related trade and investment in the world

  • Responses of countries and adaption of businesses to green standards and policies in trade and investment.
  • Corporate social responsibilities in implementing trade and investment in association with environmental and sustainable development goals.
  • Experiences in implementing green trade and green investment in developed and developing countries.
  • Impacts of international trade and investment on the environment.
  • Opportunities and challenges for countries and businesses in implementing green standards/policies in trade and investment.
  • Assessment of the impacts of implementing green trade and investment policies on the environment, international economic integration, and economic growth.
  • Measures to monitor the impacts of trade and investment on the environment.

Suggestions for countries and businesses to promote  trade and foreign direct investment to meet the green standards and policies 

  • International cooperation in implementing green trade and investment: cooperation mechanisms, cooperation approaches, opportunities and challenges.
  • Government incentives for businesses in implementing green policies in trade and investment.

Other issues: green supply chain, green finance, green economy, circular economy, voluntary measures, economic instruments for environmental protection, environmental education, environmentally induced industrial migration, sustainable consumption and trade, trade in environmental goods and services, global minimum tax etc.

IMPORTANT DATES
Full paper submission: July 30th, 2024

Date of Conference (tentative): November 22nd - 23rd, 2024

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The authors must read and acknowledge the completion of the requirements below before proceeding:

  • The papers must be in English, with a length of 5000 - 7000 words including references.
  • The manuscript has not previously been submitted to, published by, in press, or under consideration for publication by any other journals or by any other publishers.
  • Use the MSWord “Format” (details in the Guidelines for Authors)
  • Confirm that you have prepared a complete text within the anonymous article file. Any identifying information has been included separately in a title page, acknowledgements or supplementary file not for review, to allow anonymous review.]
  • We have declared any potential conflict of interest in the research. Any support from a third party has been noted in the Acknowledgements.
  • Confirm that the manuscript has been created by the author(s) and not an AI tool/Large Language Model (LLM). If an AI tool/LLM has been used to develop or generate any portion of the manuscript then this must be clearly flagged in the Methods and Acknowledgements.

The accepted papers will be published in ISBN Proceedings, and the selected papers will be considered for publishing in journals of co-organizing universities and organizations, or a SCOPUS book. 
Please submit your article at the following link: https://forms.gle/opRzcDE136KSsFfB9