From best practices to bridges for a more sustainable future: Advances and challenges in the transition to global sustainable production and consumption: Introduction to the ERSCP stream of the Special volume

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-30

  Blok, Vincent ^a   Long, Thomas B ^a   Gaziulusoy, A Idil ^b   Ciliz, Nilgun ^c   Lozano, Rodrigo ^d   Huisingh, Donald ^e   Csutora, Maria ^f   Boks, Casper ^g  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e University of Tennessee   (United States)

^f Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

^g NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Sustainable assessment benchmarking; Sustainable business; Sustainable innovation and design; Sustainable production and consumption

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DESIGN AND INNOVATIONS; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; USER PERSPECTIVES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84946471027     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.119     Document Type: Article

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