1998
DOI: 10.1162/jiec.1998.2.4.61
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Sustainability Indicators at the Firm Level

Abstract: Summary After reviewing recent attempts to develop sustainability indicators, this article shows how the principles of productive efficiency can be used to elaborate such indicators at the firm level. The theory of productive efficiency is somewhat expanded to incorporate fundamental issues of sustainable development: environment, equity, and futurtty. Efficiency, in the expanded notion of productive efficiency, is viewed as a necessary condition for sustainability. Working with aggregate performance indicator… Show more

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“…This said, setting wholly reliable limits for global environmental sustainability is precluded (Tyteca, 1999) because we have insufficient ecological understanding to relate ecological system values to specific scales and limits (Gudmundsson and Höjer, 1996). We cannot be certain which system components are critical, or what their critical levels of functioning are.…”
Section: Allocating Environmental Consumption Sharesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This said, setting wholly reliable limits for global environmental sustainability is precluded (Tyteca, 1999) because we have insufficient ecological understanding to relate ecological system values to specific scales and limits (Gudmundsson and Höjer, 1996). We cannot be certain which system components are critical, or what their critical levels of functioning are.…”
Section: Allocating Environmental Consumption Sharesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Instead, input and outputs that are not in direct interest in the framework were omitted. Callens and Tyteca (1999) and Tyteca (1999) utilized DEA to account for economic, social, and environmental indicators. In this approach, the indicators are utilized to compare DMUs that produce similar products within a specified time period.…”
Section: Journal Of Civil Engineering Andmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this context, evolution has brought many forms of sustainability assessment, such as: indicators and indices (TYTECA, 1999;HUE-TINGA;REIJNDERSB, 2004;MOLDAN et al, 2012;HAK et al, 2012;DAHL, 2012;Singh et al, 2012), environmental tools (HOLLAND, 2003;GAUSSIN et al, 2013), frameworks for organizational analysis (BITHAS; CHRISTOFAKIS, 2006;AMBEC;LANOIE, 2008;ISAKSSON;STEIMLE, 2009). …”
Section: Figure 1 -Characteristics and Approaches To The Topic Of Susmentioning
confidence: 99%