Environmental and social impact considerations for sustainable project life cycle management in the process industry

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-54

  Labuschagne, Carin ^a   Brent, Alan C ^a   Claasen, Schalk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corporate responsibility; Corporate sustainability; Indicators; Operational practices; Project life cycle management

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944373579     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.76     Document Type: Review

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