Editorial: The contribution of sustainable investments to sustainable development

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 161-179

  Cerin, Pontus ^a,b,d,e   Dobers, Peter ^a,c,f,g  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d International Sustainable Development Research Society

^e 13th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference

^f Social and Caring Sciences

^g Social and Caring Sciences ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 46749097919     PISSN: 14768917     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2008.019129     Document Type: Review

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