The global reporting initiative and corporate sustainability reporting in Swedish companies

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-164

  Hedberg, Carl Johan ^a   Von Malmborg, Fredrik ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0842302364     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.38     Document Type: Article

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