Enhancing environmental management in the textile sector: An Organisational-Life Cycle Assessment approach

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 135, Issue , 2016, Pages 620-632

  Resta, Barbara ^a   Gaiardelli, Paolo ^a   Pinto, Roberto ^a   Dotti, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision making process; Environmental management; Environmental sustainability; Organisational Life Cycle Assessment (O LCA); Textile

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPINNING (FIBERS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEXTILES;

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84989960527     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.135     Document Type: Article

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