The use of economic, social and environmental indicators as a measure of sustainable development in Spain

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-97

  Gallego, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Economic indicators; Environmental indicators; Social indicators; Spain; Sustainability report; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744787608     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.94     Document Type: Article

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