Sustainable coffee in the mainstream: The case of the SUSCOF Consortium in Costa Rica

Greener Management International

Volumn , Issue 43, 2003, Pages 37-51

  Danse, Myrtille ^a   Wolters, Teun ^b  

^a CEGESTI   (Costa Rica)

^b ISCOM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Co operatives; Costa Rica; ISO 14001; ISO 14031; SUSCOF; Sustainable coffee

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 4544311698     PISSN: 09669671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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