Environmental reporting on the internet: From a technical tool to a strategic necessity

Strategic Sustainability: The State of the Art in Corporate Environmental Management Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 123-143

  Isenmann, Ralf ^a   Bey, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

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EID: 84858322886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781351281522-8     Document Type: Chapter

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