Sustainability in the Malaysian palm oil industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 258-264

  Choong, Chee Guan ^a   McKay, Alison ^b  

^a Lecturer of Ungku Omar Polytechnic   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Eco labelling; Information flow; Supply network; Sustainability; System dynamics modelling

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LIFE CYCLE; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM THEORY;

AGENT-BASED MODELLING; ECO-LABELLING; INFORMATION FLOWS; SUPPLY NETWORKS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELLING;

PALM OIL;

EID: 84922346938     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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