Corporate sustainability strategies: Sustainability profiles and maturity levels

Sustainable Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 76-89

  Baumgartner, Rupert J ^a,b   Ebner, Daniela ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c ALPLA Werke GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Corporate sustainability; CSR; Ecological dimension; Economic dimension; Social dimension; Strategic sustainable development; Strategy; Sustainability strategy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77950277757     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.447     Document Type: Article

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