Cleaner production, social responsibility and eco-innovation: Generations’ perception for a sustainable future

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 186, Issue , 2018, Pages 91-103

  Severo, Eliana Andréa ^a   de Guimarães, Julio Cesar Ferro ^b   Henri Dorion, Eric Charles ^b  

^a POTIGUAR UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cleaner Production; Eco Innovation; Generations; Social Responsibility; Sustainable Consumption

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION CONTROL;

BRAZIL; CLEANER PRODUCTION; ECO-INNOVATION; GENERATIONS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85046015914     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.03.129     Document Type: Article

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