Application of environmental input-output analysis for corporate and product environmental footprints-learnings from three cases

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 11438-11461

  Kjaer, Louise Laumann ^a   Høst Madsen, Niels Karim ^b   Schmidt, Jannick H ^c   McAloone, Tim C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NIRAS A S   (Denmark)

^c 12 O LCA Consultants APS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Environmental footprint; Environmental profit and loss; Green supply chain; Hybrid environmental input output database; Life cycle assessment; Natural capital accounting; Sustainable business development

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH CARE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NATURAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY;

DENMARK;

EID: 84945218003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su70911438     Document Type: Article

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