A decision support tool for communicating the environmental performance of products and organisations from the ceramic sector

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 123-138

  Ibáñez Forés, Valeria ^a   Bovea, María D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ceramic industry; Ceramic tile; Eco label; EMAS Register; Environmental communication; Environmental product declaration

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS INDUSTRY; COMPLIANCE CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

CERAMIC INDUSTRIES; CERAMIC TILE; ECOLABELS; EMAS REGISTER; ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

EID: 84958123669     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-015-0999-5     Document Type: Article

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