How sustainability leaders communicate corporate activities of sustainable development

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 193-204

  Guziana, Bozena ^a   Dobers, Peter ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corporate environmental profile; Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Environmental and sustainability reporting; Environmental leaders; Product and production related environmental aspects; Sustainability leaders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880722730     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1292     Document Type: Article

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