Environmental management system ISO 14001: Effective waste minimisation in small and medium enterprises in India

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 285-301

  Singh, Mitrabinda ^a   Brueckner, Martin ^b   Padhy, Prasanta Kumar ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental management systems; Environmental performance; ISO 140001; Policies; Small and medium sized enterprises; Waste minimisation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; ISO 140001; ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE; WASTE MINIMISATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84930481693     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.028     Document Type: Article

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