Environmental supply chain management, ISO 14001 and RoHS. How are small companies in the electronics sector managing?

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 349-360

  Nawrocka, Dagmara ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electronics; EMS; Environmental management; Environmental requirements; Environmental supply chain management; Green supply chain management; ISO 14001; RoHS Directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849100165     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.176     Document Type: Article

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