Eco-labelling and consumers: Towards a re-focus and integrated approaches

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-191

  Rubik, Frieder ^a   Frankl, Paolo ^b,c   Pietroni, Lucia ^d   Scheer, Dirk ^a  

^a Institute for Ecological Economy Research (I W)   (Germany)

^b Department of Medical and Surgical Neonatology   (Italy)

^c INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eco label; Environmental product information; Integrated Product IPP

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649108741     PISSN: 17408822     EISSN: 17408830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2007.016932     Document Type: Article

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