Indicators of sustainable development for industry: A general framework
Indicators of sustainable development for industry: A general framework
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DOI：
10.1205/095758200530763
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发表时间：
2000-07-01
影响因子：
7.8
通讯作者：
Perdan, S
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作者：
Azapagic, A;Perdan, S
尽管世界各地有许多行动要求采取更可持续的战略，但迄今为止在实际一级所做的工作相对较少，理由是这个问题太复杂，没有得到充分理解。本文遵循的论点是，今天的决策者解决可持续性问题是很重要的，尽管不完美，因为忽视它可能只会加剧子孙后代的问题。特别是，本文集中于衡量工业的可持续性水平，目的是进一步为这一领域的辩论提供信息。它提出了一个总体框架，其中包含一套相对简单但全面的指标，以确定更可持续的工业做法。这些指标涵盖可持续性的三个方面- -环境、经济和社会- -除其他外，还包括环境影响、财务和道德指标。该框架适用于整个行业；但是，不同部门的更具体指标必须根据具体情况分别确定。它允许采用模块化的方法将框架逐渐合并到组织结构中。生命周期方法确保确定生命周期中最重要的阶段及其影响，并确定改进的目标。该框架还通过适当的指标在可持续发展的微观和宏观方面之间建立联系。因此，它可以作为一种工具，帮助公司评估它们在可持续发展理念所包含的目标和目的方面的业绩。
Despite numerous actions worldwide which call for adoption of more sustainable strategies, relatively little has been done on a practical level so far on the pretext that the issue is too complex and not fully understood. This paper follows the argument that it is important that today's decision-makers address the issue of sustainability, however imperfectly, as ignoring it may only exacerbate the problem for future generations. In particular, the paper concentrates on measuring the level of sustainability of industry with the aim of further informing the debate in this area. It proposes a general framework with a relatively simple, yet comprehensive set of indicators for identification of more sustainable practices for industry. The indicators cover the three aspects of sustainability-environmental, economic and social-and among others, include environmental impacts, financial and ethical indicators. The framework is applicable across industry; however, more specific indicators for different sectors have to be defined separately, on a case-by-case basis. It allows a modular approach for gradual incorporation of the framework into the organizational structure. The life cycle approach ensures that the most important stages in the life cycle and their impacts are identified and targeted for improvements. The framework also provides a link between micro- and macro-aspects of sustainable development through appropriate indicators. Thus, it serves as a tool which can assist companies in assessing their performance with regard to goals and objectives embedded in the idea of sustainable development.