Drivers for adopting environmental management systems in the post-Soviet mining industry

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-77

  Salmi, Olli ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmental management systems; Environmental policy; Kola Peninsula; Legitimacy; Mining industry

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MINING INDUSTRY; PRIVATIZATION; STAKEHOLDER;

EURASIA; KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 43449101585     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-007-9046-2     Document Type: Article

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