Prospects for sustainability certification of metals

Metallurgical Research and Technology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 131-136

  Young, S B ^a   Zhe, Y ^a   Dias, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditing; Certification; Metal; Metrics; Product; Standards; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

LEAD; METALS; SMELTING; STANDARDS;

AUDITING; CERTIFICATION; FORMAL CERTIFICATION; GLOBAL ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; METRICS; PRODUCT; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84906884219     PISSN: 22713646     EISSN: 22713654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/metal/2014008     Document Type: Article

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