Environmental and social benchmarking for industrial processes in developing countries: A pilot project for the textile industry in India, Indonesia and Zimbabwe

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 491-500

  Diebäcker, Marc ^a  

^a UNIDO Vienna International Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Developing countries; Environment; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077038     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060010349794     Document Type: Article

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