Beyond Certification

Certification emerged from the 1992 Rio Earth Summit amidst great hope that we would finally begin to address the wicked environmental and social problems facing our globe. Despite a proliferation of certification schemes in twenty-five industry sectors over more than twenty years, the environmental...

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Main Author: Poynton, Scott (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2015
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