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A framework for implementing ISO 14000 in construction

Zhang, Z.H., Shen, L.Y., Love, P. E. D. and Treloar, G.
2000
Environmental Management and Health, 11(2), 139-148

Zhang, Z.H., Shen, L.Y., Love, P. E. D. and Treloar, G., (2000), "A framework for implementing ISO 14000 in construction", Environmental Management and Health, 11(2), 139-148.
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A framework for implementing environmental quality standards in construction companies is proposed with a suggestion that the adoption of these standards may enable these construction companies to improve their environmental performance as well as the built environment, which in turn will contribute to sustainable development.
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  • This link has not been checked.ISO: International Standards Organization
    "a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from more than 140 countries, one from each country. to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity."

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