The European Commission Organisation Environmental Footprint method: Comparison with other methods, and rationales for key requirements

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 387-404

  Pelletier, Nathan ^a   Allacker, Karen ^a   Pant, Rana ^a   Manfredi, Simone ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental footprint; European Commission; LCA; Organisation; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893722768     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0609-x     Document Type: Article

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