Sustainability measurement system: A reference model proposal

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 438-471

  Delai, Ivete ^a   Takahashi, Sérgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corporate sustainability; Measurement; Performance measurement (quality); Sustainability measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960802551     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471111111154563     Document Type: Article

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