Industrial sustainability performance measurement systems: A novel framework.
Cagno, E; Neri, A; Howard, MB; et al.Brenna, G; Trianni, A
Date: 18 May 2019
Journal
Journal of Cleaner Production
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher DOI
Abstract
Improved sustainability of industrial activities and measurement of its performance are becoming prime
topics of discussion among policy-makers and industrial decision-makers. The current literature proposes a number of performance measurement systems and related indicators, but mainly lacks a real
capability to address all sustainability ...
Improved sustainability of industrial activities and measurement of its performance are becoming prime
topics of discussion among policy-makers and industrial decision-makers. The current literature proposes a number of performance measurement systems and related indicators, but mainly lacks a real
capability to address all sustainability pillars and their intersections, as well as scalability to firms of
different sizes, availability of internal resources, and maturity over sustainability issues, suggesting that
further research is needed in this area. Building on the literature, our work develops a new framework for
the evaluation of industrial sustainability performance, proposing three different Industrial Sustainability
Performance Measurement Systems (ISPMSs), with a decreasing number of indicators suitable in
different contexts of application. In the framework, selection mechanisms have been conceived and used
to reduce the number of indicators considered, while still guaranteeing complete and adequate coverage
of all sustainability pillars, as well as their intersections. The framework has been tested through semistructured case studies in heterogeneous Northern Italian manufacturing firms. The preliminary results
are sound as the different ISPMSs proved to be complete, useful, and easy to use. The proposed ISPMSs
provide industrial decision-makers with a scalable framework applicable in different contexts, allowing
benchmarking and development of specific implementation strategies for increased sustainability, and
provide policy-makers with a framework to develop a more effective regulatory policy, better understanding
Management
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
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