Sustainability in Development Cooperation: Preliminary Findings on the Carbon Footprint of Development Aid Organizations

Sustainable Development

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 349-359

  Almeida, Joana ^a   Verbist, Bruno ^a   Achten, Wouter M J ^a   Maertens, Miet ^a   Muys, Bart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Corporate social responsibility; Environmental policy; Greenhouse gas balance; Life cycle assessment; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AID ORGANIZATION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPMENT AID; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; GUIDELINE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

BELGIUM; GERMANY;

EID: 84939259391     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.1553     Document Type: Article

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