Sustainability Appraisal: Quantitative Methods and Mathematical Techniques for Environmental Performance Evaluation

256 Pages·2013·5.73 MB·English

by  Marina G. Erechtchoukova

EcoProduction.
Environmental Issues in Logistics and Manufacturing
Marina G. Erechtchoukova
Peter A. Khaiter
Paulina Golinska Editors
Sustainability Appraisal:
Quantitative Methods
and Mathematical
Techniques for
Environmental
Performance Evaluation
EcoProduction
Environmental Issues in Logistics and Manufacturing
Series Editor
Paulina Golinska, Poznan, Poland
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It aims to bring together academic, industry and government personnel from
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Sustainability Appraisal:
Quantitative Methods and
Mathematical Techniques
for Environmental
Performance Evaluation
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Editors
Marina G.Erechtchoukova Paulina Golinska
Peter A.Khaiter Poznan Universityof Technology
Faculty ofLiberalArts Poznan
and Professional Studies Poland
School ofInformationTechnology
YorkUniversity
Toronto, ON
Canada
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Preface
Oneoftheimportantissuesindevelopingsustainablemanagementstrategiesisthe
assessment of the sustainability of business operations and an organization’s
overall environmental performance. The conceptof sustainability is multi-faceted
and interdisciplinary by nature. To evaluate sustainability in quantitative terms, a
large number of indicators, processes, and their interrelations must be taken into
account and both present and future values of various indicators must be gener-
ated. Traditionally, sustainability is assessed based on a single aspect and using
isolatedindicators.Theurgencytoprovideanintegratedsustainabilityassessment
is well understood, while quantitative methods for such assessment are yet to be
developed. It is necessary to identify and bridge gaps between quantitative indi-
cators of different aspects of sustainability for an integrated sustainability
appraisal.
This volume presents original research papers on the state-of-the-art in sus-
tainability appraisal, including the development and application of sustainability
indices,quantitativemethods,multi-criteriaoptimizationmodels,andframeworks
for evaluation of an organization’s environmental performance, as well as eco-
efficiency approaches leading to business process re-engineering and modern
trends in environmental reporting. By its scope, the book is intended for a broad
audience from the academia and the industry and can be of interest for environ-
mental researchers, business managers and process analysts, information man-
agement professionals and environmental decision makers who will find valuable
sources of information for their work-related activities.
The book showcases contributions of geographically dispersed authors from
Europe, North America, and Asia. It is a clear indication of a growing interest in
green economy and international collaboration on the issues of sustainable
development. The chapters in the volume explore international approaches to
sustainability assessment as well as their country-specific applications. The high
scientific quality of the chapters was assured by a rigorous double-blind review
process implemented by the leading researchers in the field from Australia,
Denmark,Canada,Germany,Italy,NewZealand,Poland,Spain,UnitedKingdom,
and USA.
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vi Preface
The volume is published in the EcoProduction series and, as one of its mile-
stones, aims to disseminate new ideas and motivate future developments for
integrating sustainability concepts into product systems.
Our project would not be successful without its key participants—Authors and
Reviewers. We would like to thank all researches who responded to the call for
chaptersandsubmittedmanuscriptstothisvolumefortheirinterestintheproject.
Although not all of the received papers appear in this book, the efforts spent and
theworkdoneforthisprojectareverymuchappreciated.Wewouldliketothank
all authors of the chapters in this book for their hard work on manuscripts under
tight deadlines and high quality of the contributions presented.
Wearegratefultoourreviewerswhosenamesarenotlistedinthevolumedue
to the confidentiality of the process. Their voluntary service and insightful com-
ments helped the authors to improve the quality of the manuscripts as well as to
make editorial decisions on each chapter.
We would like to thank Dr. M. Singer, Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts and
Professional Studies, York University, Canada for his support of this project.
The allocated time was much needed to complete the book.
We would like to express our appreciation to Mr. Thambidurai Solaimuthu,
Springer Project Coordinator (Books) for his constructive guidance and friendly
support of the project from the beginning throughout all of its stages.
Marina G. Erechtchoukova
Peter A. Khaiter
Paulina Golinska
Contents
Dimensions of Sustainability Appraisal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Marina G. Erechtchoukova and Peter A. Khaiter
Part I Sustainability Indicators
The FEEM Sustainability Index: An Integrated Tool
for Sustainability Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Carlo Carraro, Lorenza Campagnolo, Fabio Eboli, Silvio Giove,
Elisa Lanzi, Ramiro Parrado, Mehmet Pinar and Elisa Portale
Measuring and Evaluating Business Sustainability: Development
and Application of Corporate Index of Sustainability
Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Frank Medel-González, Lourdes García-Ávila,
Adael Acosta-Beltrán and Cecilia Hernández
Sustainability Indicators: Development and Application
for the Agriculture Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Jirˇí Hrˇebícˇek, Sonˇa Valtinyová, Jan Kˇren, Michal Hodinka,
Oldrˇich Trenz and Pavel Marada
Part II Trends in Eco-production
Crosslinking Eco-innovation in Service and Manufacturing
Industries and Knowledge and Operational Industry Orientation . . . . 105
María-del-Val Segarra-Oña, Angel Peiró-Signes, María De Miguel-Molina
and Blanca De Miguel-Molina
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Trends in ESG Practices: Differences and Similarities
Across Major Developed Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Angel Peiró-Signes and María-del-Val Segarra-Oña
The Role of Maintenance in Reducing the Negative Impact
of a Business on the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Małgorzata Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek and Przemysław Droz_yner
Part III Improving Eco-efficiency: Case Studies
Assessment of Bangkok Metro Accessibility for Developing
Integrated Strategies Using Sustainable Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Duangporn Prasertsubpakij and Vilas Nitivattananon
How District Energy Systems can be Used to Reduce
Infrastructure Costs and Environmental Burdens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Terri Chu and Sandra Yee
Environmental Issues in Vehicle Routing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Ignacio Eguia, Jesús Racero, Jose Carlos Molina
and Fernando Guerrero
Assessment of Criticality of Spare Parts Using the Method
of Multi-Criteria Decision Making. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Karolina Kolinska and Dawid Dolinski
Dimensions of Sustainability Appraisal
Introduction
Marina G. Erechtchoukova and Peter A. Khaiter
Abstract Quantitative assessment of sustainability becomes an important issue
for selecting technological and managerial alternatives in all areas of human
activities including industry and policy making. The main frameworks for sus-
tainabilityappraisalandtheirevolutionarebrieflydescribedinthechapter.These
frameworks govern the development of sustainability indicators with various
levels of granularity. Sustainability assessment is conducted as a comparison and
analysis of values of current and future welfare outcomes, which make the
application of models and mathematical tools unavoidable and explain the
necessity to use quantitative indicators of sustainability. The chapter presents an
overview of the book.
Keywords Sustainability indicators (cid:2) Environmental performance evaluation (cid:2)
Eco-efficiency
1 Eco-efficiency in View of Sustainability
The term ‘eco-efficiency’ was introduced by the World Business Council for
Sustainable Development in 1992. Eco-efficiency was formulated as a way to
convey sustainability to the entire life-cycle of products and as one of ‘‘the new
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