Cleaner production, environmental sustainability and organizational performance: An empirical study in the Brazilian metal-mechanic industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-125

  Severo, Eliana Andréa ^a   De Guimarães, Julio Cesar Ferro ^a   Dorion, Eric Charles Henri ^b   Nodari, Cristine Hermann ^b  

^a POTIGUAR UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Metal Mechanic industry; Cleaner production; Environmental sustainability; Organizational performance; Structural Equation Modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; MECHANICS; POLLUTION CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INCREASE PRODUCTIONS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION COMPANIES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84928651062     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.06.027     Document Type: Article

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