Developing a successful sector sustainability strategy: Six lessons from the UK construction products industry

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-42

  Holton, Ian ^a,b   Glass, Jacqui ^a   Price, Andrew ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Glenfield   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction products; Lessons; Strategy; Sustainability; Sustainable construction; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949191949     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.135     Document Type: Article

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