A Shift in corporate practice? Facilitating sustainability strategy in companies

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 125-136

  Eweje, Gabriel ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corporate managers; New Zealand; Sustainability; Sustainability initiatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957577927     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.268     Document Type: Article

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