Measuring and communicating sustainability through Eco-efficiency analysis

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Uhlman, Bruce W ^a,b   Saling, Peter ^a,c  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER BENEFITS; ECO-EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; INNOVATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; REFERENCE POINTS; SYSTEM LEVELS;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

EID: 79956128342     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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