LCA as an element in environmental management systems - Comparison of conditions in selected organisations in Poland, Sweden and Germany: Part 1: Background and initial assumptions

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 472-480

  Lewandowska, Anna ^a   Kurczewski, Przemyslaw ^b   Kulczycka, Joanna ^c   Joachimiak, Katarzyna ^a   Matuszak Flejszman, Alina ^a   Baumann, Henrikke ^d   Ciroth, Andreas ^e  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MINERAL AND ENERGY ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e GreenDeltaTC GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Environmental aspects; Identification; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; POLAND; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84878499080     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0480-1     Document Type: Article

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