Corporate responsibility reporting in UK construction

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 193-205

  Brown, J ^a,b   Parry, T ^b   Moon, J ^b  

^a Scott Wilson Group plc   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate responsibility

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BENCHMARKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CARBON SUPPLY; CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE; HEALTH AND SAFETY; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; SECOND LEVEL; UK CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 77952896652     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ensu.2009.162.4.193     Document Type: Article

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