Eco-design as a normative element of Environmental Management Systems—the context of the revised ISO 14001:2015

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1794-1798

  Lewandowska, Anna ^a   Matuszak Flejszman, Alina ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Eco design; Environmental management systems; Life cycle thinking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECO DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE THINKING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84911006151     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0787-1     Document Type: Article

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