A comparative analysis of carbon emissions from online retailing of fast moving consumer goods

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 478-486

  Van Loon, Patricia ^a,d   Deketele, Lieven ^b   Dewaele, Joost ^b   McKinnon, Alan ^c   Rutherford, Christine ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c KÜHNE LOGISTICS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; E commerce; LCA model; Online retailing; Supply chain; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIFE CYCLE; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CLIMATE CHANGE POTENTIALS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CONSUMER SHOPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; ONLINE RETAILING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84938212022     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.06.060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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