Developing a sustainability accounting framework to inform strategic business decisions: A case study from the chemicals industry

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 347-360

  Taplin, James R D ^a,b   Bent, David ^a   Aeron Thomas, David ^a  

^a Sustainable Accounting Programme   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Chemical industry; Environmental accounting; External costs; Financial value add; Sustainability accounting; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DECISION MAKING; INNOVATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33749373562     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.542     Document Type: Article

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