Sustainability and corporate accountability regimes: Implementing the Johannesburg Summit Agenda

Review of European Community and International Environmental Law

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-309

  Cordonier Segger, Marie Claire ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0344271938     PISSN: 09628797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9388.00371     Document Type: Article

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