Chemical Leasing business models and corporate social responsibility

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 12445-12456

  Moser, Frank ^a   Jakl, Thomas ^b   Joas, Reihard ^c   Dondi, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Institute for Organic Agriculture and Biodiversity   (Austria)

^c BiPRO GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical Leasing; Chemical management; Corporate social responsibility; Environmental protection; Process optimization; Resource efficiency; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEASING; PROCEDURES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEASING, PROPERTY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84939897334     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3126-y     Document Type: Article

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