Designing Environmental Management System for promoting sustainable consumption

International Journal of Sustainable Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-43

  Sangle, Shirish ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING NITIE   (India)

Author keywords

Dematerialisation; EMS; Environmental Management System; Stakeholders; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055165209     PISSN: 17562538     EISSN: 17562546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSOC.2008.020375     Document Type: Article

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