Advancing the integration of corporate sustainability measurement, management and reporting

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 859-862

  Maas, Karen ^a   Schaltegger, Stefan ^b   Crutzen, Nathalie ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c Research Center QuantOM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Editorial; Management accounting; Management control; Reporting; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EDITORIAL; MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING; MANAGEMENT CONTROL; REPORTING; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85027944340     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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