The role of environmental initiatives in encouraging companies to engage in environmental reporting

European Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 702-716

  Dixon, Robert ^a   Mousa, Gehan A ^b   Woodhead, Anne ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Benha University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Corporate social reporting; Environmental auditing; Environmental indicators; Environmental management system; Independent verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744457299     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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