Análisis del uso de las herramientas de gestión medioambiental según el país y el sector de actividad

  1. Ferrón Vílchez, Vera
  2. Argente Linares, Eva
  3. de la Torre Ruiz, José Manuel
Journal:
Gestión Joven

ISSN: 1988-9011

Year of publication: 2011

Issue: 6

Type: Article

More publications in: Gestión Joven

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the demographic features which the companies that implement environmental management accounting have, specifically country and sector. In doing so, this study uses data from a survey developed by the Environment Directorate of OECD that contains information about 4014 facilities that belong to several economic activities in different manufacturing sectors in seven countries.

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