Growing green and competitive-a case study of a swedish pulp mill

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1789-1805

  Söderholm, Kristina ^a   Bergquist, Ann Kristin ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

History; Porter hypothesis; Pulp and paper; Sweden

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MARKET SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION CONTROL; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REGULATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84883017198     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5051789     Document Type: Article

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