Designing 'green' vendor rating systems for the assessment of a supplier's environmental performance

European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-114

  Noci, Giuliano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

'Green strategy'; Environmental performance; Supplier selection; Vendor rating

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031161395     PISSN: 09697012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-7012(96)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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