Environmental Product Declarations: Exploring their evolution and the factors affecting their demand in Europe

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 116, Issue , 2016, Pages 157-169

  Ibanez Fores V ^a   Pacheco Blanco, B ^b   Capuz Rizo, S F ^b   Bovea, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental communication; Environmental labelling; Environmental Product Declaration; Product Category Rules

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE IDENTITY; ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DECLARATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FUTURE STRATEGY; OBJECTIVE INFORMATION; PRODUCT CATEGORIES;

EID: 84964220666     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.12.078     Document Type: Article

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