A sustainability assessment system for Chinese iron and steel firms

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 133-144

  Long, Yunguang ^a   Pan, Jieyi ^a   Farooq, Sami ^b   Boer, Harry ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Chinese iron and steel firms; Survey; Sustainability assessment; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COAL INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON; STEELMAKING; SURVEYING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

DECISION MAKERS; IRON AND STEEL; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABILITY REPORT; SUSTAINABLE ASSESSMENT;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

EID: 84961886515     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.030     Document Type: Article

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