Incentives for subcontractors to adopt CO2 emission reporting and reduction techniques

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1877-1883

  Scholtens, Bert ^a   Kleinsmann, Renske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CO2 mitigation incentives; Supply chain analysis; Transport industry

Indexed keywords

CO2 MITIGATION INCENTIVES; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; IMPLEMENTATION COST; LOGISTICS COMPANY; NETHERLANDS; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; RELATIONSHIP BUILDING; SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT INDUSTRY;

INDUSTRY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CONTRACTORS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MITIGATION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79952101221     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.032     Document Type: Article

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