Is Earth recognized as a finite system in corporate responsibility reporting?

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 163, Issue , 2017, Pages 106-117

  Bjørn, Anders ^a   Bey, Niki ^a   Georg, Susse ^b   Røpke, Inge ^b   Hauschild, Michael Zwicky ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corporate environmental strategies; Environmental sustainability; Planetary boundaries; Science based targets; Sustainability criteria; Sustainable transformations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; REGENERATIVE CAPACITY; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84955564749     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.12.095     Document Type: Article

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