Managing the carbon footprint of products: The contribution of the method composed of financial statements (MC3)

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 962-969

  Carballo Penela, Adolfo ^a   Doménech, Juan Luis ^a  

^a Department of Environment ^*

Author keywords

Carbon footprinting; GHG (greenhouse gas) assessment; LCA; MC3 (one of the existing approaches to assess the CF of products); Supply chain

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CARBON STORAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 78149410003     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-010-0230-1     Document Type: Article

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