An application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a green marketing tool for agricultural products: The case of extra-virgin olive oil in Val di Cornia, Italy

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-103

  Iraldo, Fabio ^a,b   Testa, Francesco ^a   Bartolozzi, Irene ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

environmental label; green marketing; LCA, food product

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLABELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; TUSCANY; VAL DI CORNIA;

EID: 84889079960     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.735991     Document Type: Article

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