Corporate Sustainability Accounting: A Catchphrase for Compliant Corporations or a Business Decision Support for Sustainability Leaders

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Corporate Sustainability Accounting: A Catchphrase for Compliant Corporations or a Business Decision Support for Sustainability Leaders. / Schaltegger, Stefan; Burritt, Roger.
Sustainability accounting and reporting. ed. / Stefan Schaltegger; Martin Bennett; Roger Burritt. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, 2006. p. 37-59 (Eco-Efficiency in industry and science; Vol. 21).

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Harvard

Schaltegger, S & Burritt, R 2006, Corporate Sustainability Accounting: A Catchphrase for Compliant Corporations or a Business Decision Support for Sustainability Leaders. in S Schaltegger, M Bennett & R Burritt (eds), Sustainability accounting and reporting. Eco-Efficiency in industry and science, vol. 21, Springer Science+Business Media, Dordrecht, pp. 37-59. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4974-3_2

APA

Schaltegger, S., & Burritt, R. (2006). Corporate Sustainability Accounting: A Catchphrase for Compliant Corporations or a Business Decision Support for Sustainability Leaders. In S. Schaltegger, M. Bennett, & R. Burritt (Eds.), Sustainability accounting and reporting (pp. 37-59). (Eco-Efficiency in industry and science; Vol. 21). Springer Science+Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4974-3_2

Vancouver

Schaltegger S, Burritt R. Corporate Sustainability Accounting: A Catchphrase for Compliant Corporations or a Business Decision Support for Sustainability Leaders. In Schaltegger S, Bennett M, Burritt R, editors, Sustainability accounting and reporting. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media. 2006. p. 37-59. (Eco-Efficiency in industry and science). doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4974-3_2

Bibtex

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