The role of un environment programme and the US environmental protection agency in global supply chain networks performance

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-69

  Palaniswami, Shanthakumar ^a   Jenicke, Lawrence O ^a   Kang, Hyungu ^a   Okonkwo, Patrick A ^a   Goffnett, Sean P ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMS; Environmental management systems; Environmental performance; Hazardous waste; SCN; Supply chain network; UNEP; United Nations Environment Programme; United States Environmental Protection Agency; US EPA

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052061178     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2011.042052     Document Type: Review

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