A fuzzy analytic hierarchy process method to support materiality assessment in sustainability reporting

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 248-264

  Calabrese, Armando ^a   Costa, Roberta ^a   Levialdi, Nathan ^a   Menichini, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Completeness; Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Global Reporting Initiative (GRI); Materiality assessment; Small and medium enterprises (SMEs); Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS;

COMPLETENESS; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE; MATERIALITY ASSESSMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84960123114     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.12.005     Document Type: Article

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