Designing an environmental sustainable supply chain through ISO 14001 standard

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-33

  Chiarini, Andrea ^a  

^a Chiarini and Associati srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental performance of supply chain; Green partner; International standards; ISO 14001; Manufacturing industries; Supply chain management; Sustainable supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871483048     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777831311291113     Document Type: Article

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