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Get on Sustainability’s Bandwagon, But Not Blindly or Blithely

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Six suggestions for practitioners, drawn from the core research behind this book.

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    Employees could argue that it should be applied to internally “outrageous” issues such as promotions and layoffs.

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    As ongoing correspondence and reporting in one of the industry’s prominent journals, Chemistry & Industry, will attest.

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Johnson, E. (2012). Get on Sustainability’s Bandwagon, But Not Blindly or Blithely. In: Sustainability in the Chemical Industry. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3834-8_11

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