Genetic engineering in agriculture: New approaches for risk management through sustainability reporting

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 783-798

  Vergragt, Philip J ^a,b   Brown, Halina Szejnwald ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TELLUS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructive Technology Assessment, CTA; Genetically Modified Organisms, GMOs; Global Reporting Initiative, GRI

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANNING; CHEMICALS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPIUM; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FINANCE; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEALTH RISKS; INSURANCE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LEAD; MANAGEMENT; OPTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; APPLIED (CO); CIVIL SOCIETY; CONSTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ELSEVIER (CO); EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS; EUROPEAN UNION (EU); FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) CROPS; GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE (GRI); GRI GUIDELINES; GROWING DEMAND; HIGHER ORDER; MULTI STAKEHOLDER; NEW APPROACHES; NOVE L APPROACH; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; REGULATORY AUTHORITY (RA); RISK ASSESSMENT METHODS; SMALL SCALE; SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS; SOCIO TECHNICAL; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING; UNDERLYING PROBLEMS; WIDE-RANGE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 45749102061     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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