The Reinvention of Technologies for Sustainability
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Oakdene Hollins provides clients with these services: ● Modelling and impact assessment ● Programme management and evaluation ● Project management ● Ecolabelling advice ● Carbon footprinting ● Critical review of life cycle assessment ● Policy and strategy development ● Lean manufacturing ● Economic analysis ● Market appraisal.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011