Environmental Policy in the Nordic Wood Product Industry: Insights Into Firms' Strategies and Communication

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 10-27

  Räty, Tarmo ^a   Toppinen, Anne ^b   Roos, Anders ^c   Riala, Maria ^a   Nyrud, Anders Q ^d  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Treteknisk   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communication; Environmental performance; Environmental policy; Proactivity; Stakeholder orientation; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER CERTIFICATION; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84961287122     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1853     Document Type: Article

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