Development of an evaluation methodology for triple bottom line reports using international standards on reporting

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 298-311

  Skouloudis, Antonis ^a   Evangelinos, Konstantinos ^a   Kourmousis, Fotis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b Union of Environmental Scientists of Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Global Reporting Initiative; Greece; Scoring system; Triple bottom line non financial report

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK; GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE; GREECE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE/NON-FINANCIAL REPORT;

BENCHMARKING; STANDARDIZATION;

FINANCE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENCHMARKING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

ARTICLE; GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE; GREECE; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM;

BENCHMARKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 68149100038     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9305-9     Document Type: Article

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