Improving company performance through sustainability assessment

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-103

  Braithwaite, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business; Corporate responsibility; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY; SENIOR MANAGEMENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 35648953980     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ensu.2007.160.2.95     Document Type: Article

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