Implementing environmental management systems in industries along the Atlantic coast of Cameroon: Drivers, benefits and barriers

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 221-232

  Alemagi, Dieudonne ^a   Oben, Pius M ^b   Ertel, Jürgen ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Atlantic coast of Cameroon; Environmental management system (EMS); Environmental management system components; Environmental quality; Industrial pollution; ISO 14001; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748428214     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.106     Document Type: Review

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