Measuring the ecoefficiency of a manufacturing process: A conceptual proposal

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 755-770

  Lucato, Wagner Cezar ^a   Júnior, Milton Vieira ^a   Santos, José Carlos da Silva ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecoefficiency; Ecoefficiency measurement; Environmental management; Environmental performance indicator; Production processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883708679     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MEQ-10-2012-0063     Document Type: Article

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