A comprehensive approach towards product and organisation related Environmental Management tools: Life Cycle Assessment (iso 14040) and environmental management systems (iso 14001)

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-178

  Finkbeiner, Matthias ^a   Wiedemann, Michael ^a   Saur, Konrad ^a  

^a PE Product Engineering GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMS, environmental management systems, ISO 14001; Environmental management systems (EMS), interfaces to LCA; Environmental management systems (EMS), ISO 14001; LCA, ISO 14040; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), interfaces to EMS; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), ISO 14040

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031750955     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02978825     Document Type: Article

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