Sustainability quotients and the social footprint

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 223-234

  McElroy, Mark W ^a   Jorna, Rene J ^b   Van Engelen, Jo ^b  

^a Center for Sustainable Innovation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GRI; Measurement; Reporting; Social footprints; Sustainability; Sustainability quotients

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849101568     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.164     Document Type: Article

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