Carbon footprint reduction: A critical study of rubber production in small and medium scale enterprises in Sri Lanka

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-103

  Dayaratne, Sampath P ^a   Gunawardana, Kennedy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Energy efficient carbon footprint minimizing; Global warming potentials; Small and medium scale enterprises; Sri Lankan rubber industry

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPETITION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; RUBBER; RUBBER APPLICATIONS; RUBBER FACTORIES; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON FOOTPRINT REDUCTIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; MANUFACTURING FACTORIES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84953319406     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.101     Document Type: Article

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