Codes of environmental management practice: Assessing their potential as a tool for change

Annual Review of Energy and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 487-535

  Nash, Jennifer ^a   Ehrenfeld, John ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Codes of practice; ISO 14001; Responsible Care; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

SELF REGULATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 0031342542     PISSN: 10563466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.22.1.487     Document Type: Article

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