Development of a facility-based environmental performance indicator related to sustainable development

Eagan, Patrick D.; Joeres, Erhard F.

doi:10.1016/s0959-6526(97)00044-9

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“…In an early study by Eagan and Joeres (1997), they present an assessment tool for evaluating the sustainability at a company level, which can be applied to facility location problems. One important breakthrough, as the authors claimed, is due to its attempt to transfer the fuzzy concept of sustainability by adopting and quantifying the 16 principles for sustainable development defined by International Chamber of Commerce.…”

Section: Sustainable Locationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Manufacturing facility location and sustainability: A literature review and research agenda

Chen

Olhager

Tang

2014

International Journal of Production Economics

181

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(Jan Olhager), ou.tang@liu.se (Ou Tang) A B S T R A C T The perspectives on the manufacturing footprint of global firms are widening from the economic aspects to also include the environmental and social aspects. Thus, sustainability is becoming an important issue for the location of manufacturing facilities. It is therefore timely to review the relevant aspects and dimensions in the extant literature to investigate the relationship between sustainability and facility location. In this paper, we aim to understand how sustainability aspects are included in decision-making concerning manufacturing facility locations and the role of location in evaluating manufacturing sustainability. We examine the literature streams on sustainability and facility location. A comprehensive search includes peer-reviewed literature from 1990 to 2011. We propose a literature classification scheme with respect to focal area and research methodology. The content analysis identifies the environmental, social and economic perspectives and factors affecting location decisions. We synthesize the findings into a framework for taking sustainability aspects into account in manufacturing facility location decision-making. We also propose a research agenda for further research on sustainable locations. Keywords:Corporate social responsibility (CSR), Environment, Facility location, Manufacturing, Sustainability 2 IntroductionThe facility location problem has been around for a long time. In general, it concerns the geographical positioning of facilities for a specific organizational entity, such as a company.As such, it is a strategic decision related to the configuration of the manufacturing network.As competition becomes global and the complexity of the environment in which companies operate is increasing, managing an integrated international network has become an increasingly important task for managers (Ferdows, 1997(Ferdows, , 2009). Traditionally, the objective has been to derive a cost-optimal distribution of facilities with respect to the location of markets (customers) and raw materials (suppliers). More recently, access to skills and knowledge has been added as a major strategic factor that affects location decisions (Ferdows 1997, Vereecke et al. 2006, and Feldmann and Olhager 2013. Manufacturing companies that have more than one plant can gain insights on markets, products, and processes by managing a group of plants as a manufacturing network. In practice, this can lead to a complete reconfiguration of the manufacturing network such as in the cases of Digital (Arntzen et al. Camm et al. 1997). In other cases, the changes to the manufacturing network may be more incremental such as opening up of a new facility or closing down an existing one. There may be different strategic reasons for the location decisions for different manufacturing facilities, such as access to low-cost manufacturing, proximity to market, and access to skills and knowledge (Ferdows, 1997). Thus, deciding on the "optimal" set and location of manufacturing faciliti...

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Section: Sustainable Locationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…section 3.1). Eagan and Joeres (1997) provided a sustainability assessment tool at the company level. (2009) industries, such as retailing (Bayat et al, 2011), biofuel production (Corbiere-Nicollier et al, 2011 and aerospace manufacturing (Varga et al, 2009).…”

Section: Framework For Sustainability In Manufacturing Facility Locatmentioning

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Manufacturing facility location and sustainability: A literature review and research agenda

Chen

Olhager

Tang

2014

International Journal of Production Economics

181

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“…Many environmental performance evaluation models for organizations have been proposed (see, e.g., Azzone and Manzini, 1994;Bartolomeo, 1995;Wehrmeyer, 1995;Callens and Tyteca, 1995;Azzone et al, 1996;BMU and UBA, 1997;Eagan and Joeres, 1997;Skillius and Wennberg, 1998;Bennett and James, 1999;ISO 14031, 1999;Lehni, 1999;Thoresen, 1999;Young and Welford, 1999;Mauser, 2001;Olsthoorn et al, 2001).…”

Section: E Nvironmental Performance Evaluation Is According To the Imentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating environmental and social performance of large Portuguese companies: a balanced scorecard approach

Dias-Sardinha

Reijnders

2005

Bus Strat Env

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A thematic balanced scorecard format was used to address environmental and social performance evaluation of 13 large companies operating in Portugal. Financial aspects of environmental and social company activities are also included. Companies were categorized as to their actual performance status using a predefined performance framework. Three categories were found: compliance with the law while emphasizing pollution control, pollution prevention and eco-efficiency. Management tools and procedural matters were found to be most relevant for categorization. Often, reported information did not allow for quantitative evaluation of environmental burden reduction.Use of the thematic balanced scorecard format was useful to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of links between objectives and measurements, initiatives and achievements. Improvement as to environmental performance was found to be paralleled by increased social performance, suggesting that a multi-level 'sustainability' performance categorization of these Portuguese companies is feasible. Driving forces for environmental management initiatives were found to differ by category of performance. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. Strat. Env. 14, 73-91 (2005) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com).

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“…refs. [1][2][3]). However, the majority of research initiatives focus on frameworks for measuring performance in a corporate context [1,4] while little literature is available on tools for assessing public sector environmental performance [5].…”

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Framework for environmental performance measurement in a Swedish public sector organization

Lundberg

Balfors

Folkeson

2009

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Development of a facility-based environmental performance indicator related to sustainable development

Cited by 33 publications

References 3 publications

Manufacturing facility location and sustainability: A literature review and research agenda

Manufacturing facility location and sustainability: A literature review and research agenda

Evaluating environmental and social performance of large Portuguese companies: a balanced scorecard approach

Framework for environmental performance measurement in a Swedish public sector organization

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