Corporate responsibility reporting by large pulp and paper companies

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 500-506

  Mikkilä, Mirja ^a   Toppinen, Anne ^b  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corporate reporting; Corporate responsibility; Corporate social responsibility; Institutional organisation theory; Pulp and paper industry

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER GOODS; CORPORATE REPORTING; CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING; FOREST-BASED INDUSTRIES; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; GLOBALISATION; INSTITUTIONAL ORGANISATION THEORY; INTERNATIONALISATION; NORDIC COUNTRIES; NORTH AMERICA; PRODUCT PORTFOLIOS; PULP AND PAPER; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS; TO PACKAGING; WOOD-BASED PRODUCTS;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PAPER COATING; PLANNING; PULP; RAW MATERIALS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY;

PAPER INDUSTRY; PLANNING; PRODUCTION; PULP INDUSTRY; RAW MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 50549088009     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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