Introduction; 1. Between co-ordination and regulation: the dual functions of voluntary sustainability standards; 2. The socio-legal analysis of sustainability standards; 3. Governing public forests with private standards: the case of FSC in the Great Lakes region; 4. Certifying global palm oil productions: the case of the roundtable on sustainable palm oil; 5. Meta-regulating sustainability standards: the case of ISEAL alliance; 6. The politics of transnational sustainability laws; Conclusion.