Review of combined approaches and multi-criteria analysis for corporate environmental evaluation

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 355-371

  Herva, Marta ^a   Roca, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate sustainability; Ecological Footprint; Environmental Risk Assessment; Life Cycle Assessment; Multi Criteria Analysis

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84867576748     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.07.058     Document Type: Review

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