Green labels and sustainability reporting: Overview of the building products supply chain in Italy

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 477-493

  Blengini, Gian Andrea ^a   Shields, Deborah J ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic sustainability; Italy; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953584952     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777831011049115     Document Type: Article

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