Corporate Sustainability Indicators: An Australian Mining Case Study

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-115

  Lodhia, Sumit ^a   Martin, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate Sustainability Indicators; Social and environmental issues; Stakeholders; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; PROJECT LEVELS; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL; STAKEHOLDERS; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84922793591     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.05.050     Document Type: Article

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