Review of corporate environmental indicators

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1687-1699

  Herva, Marta ^a   Franco, Amaya ^b   Carrasco, Eugenio F ^a   Roca, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate sustainability; Environmental evaluation; Indicator; Process; Product

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); LIFE CYCLE; PROCESSING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MISLEADING INFORMATIONS; PRODUCT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79960927819     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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