The potential environmental benefits of co-operative businesses within the climate change agenda

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 197-210

  Baranchenko, Yevhen ^a   Oglethorpe, David ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural co operatives; Case study; Climate change; Environmental benefits; Food sector; Sustainable business

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84856220436     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.733     Document Type: Article

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