Evaluation of company effectiveness in implementing environmental strategies for a sustainable development

Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 920-926

  Sarmento, Manuela ^a   Durão, Diamantino ^b   Duarte, Manuela ^b  

^a Research Centre for Sustainable Energy Development   (Portugal)

^b Universidade Lusada de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Environmental strategy; Sustainable environment

Indexed keywords

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY; SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MODEL TEST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847136913     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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