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Using cost management for sustainability efforts

✍ Scribed by Harold P. Roth

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
87 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
1044-8136

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Many organizations are concerned about how the public and policymakers see them. So, they often issue corporate responsibility reports—which have been expanded to include the company's efforts to promote environmental sustainability. But exactly what is sustainability, and how can cost management tools help a company achieve it? © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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