The contribution of life cycle assessment to global sustainability reporting of organizations

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-179

  Pflieger, Julia ^a   Fischer, Matthias ^a   Kupfer, Thilo ^a   Eyerer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life cycle costs; Reports; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844391248     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830510583182     Document Type: Article

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