Carbon accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results?

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-30

  Schmidt, Mario ^a  

^a PFORZHEIM UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pollution control; Product life cycle; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993054021     PISSN: 17568692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17568690910934372     Document Type: Article

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