A Holistic approach to corporate sustainability assessment: Incorporating sustainable development goals into sustainable manufacturing performance evaluation

Moldavska, Anastasiia; Welo, Torgeir

doi:10.1016/j.jmsy.2018.11.004

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“…According to Rotmans and Loorbach [109], in order to combat system failures one has to restructure a system; i.e., transition. Using the ideas of Rotmans [24], Sala et al [108], and Haxeltine et al [110], the characteristics of CSA methods to support decision-makers within the transition discourse were developed in [85], see Figure 1. The pyramid shape structure presents three types of characteristics: ones for underlying principles for CSA, ones for a design of the assessment method, and finally, ones for outcomes of the assessment.…”

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“…A comprehensive list can provide a complete picture of sustainability as compared to a selective use of common or most known criteria. Criteria for SW are developed based on the SDGs [115] and they are presented in [85]. Moreover, work on SDGs as a network has already been published [116], arguing that relationships between goals are important for a transition to SD.…”

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“…A holistic set of sustainability criteria should be chosen from the proposed list [85]. This list can be modified as the research community's understanding and conceptualization of SD and SM emerge.…”

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“…Verification is aimed at examining whether the developed method advances the state of the art in CSA, i.e., how the new method (1) fulfills the functions of CSA and satisfies the scientific requirements to SA in general and CSA in particular, and (2) overcomes shortcomings of existing SA and CSA methods that are presented in the state of the art. The scientific requirements and shortcomings of existing CSA and SA methods were previously identified through a systematic literature review, see Section 2.2 and [85]. Theoretical soundness is analyzed in Part I in Table 4, whereas added value is analyzed in Part II.…”

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“…Furthermore, shortcomings and challenges of SA are in general also present in CSA tools, as a type of SA. These shortcomings were previously presented in [85], based on the systematic literature review [26,28,29,36,39,[50][51][52]60,62,63,73,77,84,[86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97].Sustainability 2018, 10, 4121 4 of 40One of the challenges of CSA is a selection of the 'right' indicators since these have a direct effect on the decision-making and the ability of tools to address a company's context. Companies often select sustainability indicators that are based on their strategy or type of business.…”

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Testing and Verification of a New Corporate Sustainability Assessment Method for Manufacturing: A Multiple Case Research Study

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This paper aims at answering the question of how to design a theoretically sound corporate sustainability assessment (CSA) method that can strengthen the ability of manufacturing companies to contribute to global sustainable development (SD). In our effort to answer this question, we conduct a case study to test a newly designed CSA method to develop assessment tools for each of four different case companies. The method combines criteria-based indicators development with qualitative system dynamics modeling based on mental models of decision-makers. This strategy ensures a holistic approach to what corporate sustainability and sustainable manufacturing are. The paper is intended to serve, first of all, as a practical guide to the development of CSA tools. The scientific value of the method is discussed in terms of how it assists in the development of a tool that provides the potential to overcome shortcomings of existing approaches to sustainability assessment and to embrace the complexity of the sustainability concept. From the case study results, we demonstrate the capability of the new method by showing how it satisfies scientific requirements to sustainability assessment and fulfills functions of CSA. We also show how it may overcome some of the observed limitations of existing CSA tools.Sustainability 2018, 10, 4121 2 of 40 nature of conducting sustainability assessments by the private sector can potentially lead to selective interpretation and reporting of sustainability performance outcomes, increasing the danger of greenwashing. There is also a necessity to extend the scope of such assessments beyond a company's internal performance indicators toward external data on sustainable development trends, risks, and opportunities [20]. Despite these recommendations, the success of the existing efforts is argued to be very limited [21] due to the fact that research on how to translate social and environmental boundaries into contextually-based measures of sustainable development is still in an embryonic stage (ibid). Thus, the translation of societal-level indicators to a corporate context remains one of the most significant challenges in the operationalization of SDGs in the business world. It has been argued that strategically mindful firms with a solid corporate philosophy that values environmentalism are more willing to practice corporate sustainability [22], which is driven by the corporate sustainability strategy [23].Research about corporate sustainability assessment is still dominated by neoclassical thinking that implies the use of the so-called paradigm of rational and objective knowledge [24]. Therefore, many of the currently prevailing assessment tools are quite technocratic and deterministic by nature, with characteristics of their techno-rational roots and a high level of engineering. Such tools are often considered to be 'truth machines', with the ability to deterministically predict the behaviour of systems in the future. The technocratic approach has resulted in significant limitations of CSA as ...

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The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an urgent call for action by all countries that provide a global framework for achieving global development while balancing social, economic, and environmental sustainability. SDGs are addressed to all actors in society, but both academia and professional recognize the particular importance of businesses. However, research is still needed to understand the role of companies as sustainable development agents. Relying on Scopus database consultation, the current research adopts an interdisciplinary systematic literature review to investigate, analyze, and present state-of-the-art academic literature on the role of businesses in tackling SDGs. The final sample comprises 101 papers published between 2015 and 2020. It provides evidence that the main topics discussed by scholars are related to aspects of strategy execution. Recognizing different streams that are currently unexplored-despite strictly related to strategic business activities and to the sustainable development as a whole-the study provides many insights for future research on business and SDGs.

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A Holistic approach to corporate sustainability assessment: Incorporating sustainable development goals into sustainable manufacturing performance evaluation

Cited by 146 publications

References 73 publications

Testing and Verification of a New Corporate Sustainability Assessment Method for Manufacturing: A Multiple Case Research Study

Testing and Verification of a New Corporate Sustainability Assessment Method for Manufacturing: A Multiple Case Research Study

Sustainable Renewable Energy and Waste Management on Weathering Corporate Pollution

Sustainable development goals and the strategic role of business: A systematic literature review

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