Forging cleaner production: The importance of academic-practitioner links for successful sustainability embedded carbon accounting

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-47

  Burritt, Roger L ^a   Tingey Holyoak, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting academics; Accounting practitioners; Carbon accounting; Sustainability embedded carbon accounting; Tools

Indexed keywords

CARBON A; CARBON ACCOUNTING; CARBON TAXES; CLEANER PRODUCTION; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS; EU EMISSIONS; GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS; KNOWLEDGE APPLICATION; MEDIUM TERM; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES; RELATED RISK; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

BUILDING CODES; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDUCATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; TOOLS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84865032104     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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