Sustainability Indicators to Assess Infrastructure Projects: Sector Disclosure to Interlock with the Global Reporting Initiative

Ferrarez, Ricardo Prata Fernandes; Vargas, Ricardo Viana; Alvarenga, Jeferson Carvalho; Chinelli, Christine Kowal; Costa, Mariana Carvalho da; Oliveira, Bernardo Lino de; Haddad, Assed; Soares, Carlos Alberto Pereira

doi:10.4186/ej.2020.24.6.43

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“…Many papers define indicators for the sustainability assessment of infrastructure, which differ in the details of the indicators and their classifications as well as in the characteristics of the indicators due to the consideration of a specific project type (e.g., bridges, roads, schools) or construction type that entails certain specifications. Nevertheless, the definition of suitable indicators as one of the biggest challenges in sustainability assessment [44]. This paper makes reference to the sustainability dimensions and indicators of Li et al [43] (Table 1).…”

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Toward Life Cycle Sustainability in Infrastructure: The Role of Automation and Robotics in PPP Projects

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This article identifies how project life cycle characteristics and automation and robotic technologies influence the sustainability of public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects. The result of the article is a model of how public and private collaborations can leverage technology and project organization to make infrastructure more sustainable. Based on a comprehensive literature review, the model subdivides sustainability into engineering, project management, environmental, social, and economic dimensions. Engineering sustainability concerns the applicability of technologies to infrastructure PPP sustainability. The project management sustainability is decisive for ultimately creating environmental, social and economic sustainability within and beyond infrastructure PPP projects. The model identifies that the procurement phase is of particular importance for sustainable infrastructure PPPs. Successful sustainable infrastructure procurement likely includes such factors as increased transparency, participation, and stable, capable project alliances with a shared vision and clear goals. The model also identifies that, throughout the whole project life cycle, actions in the form of collaboration, experimentation and platformization promote sustainability. The findings in this article add to the understanding of how transformation toward increased sustainability can be achieved by individual organizations, their network, and ecosystems of public, private and civic actors.

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Toward Life Cycle Sustainability in Infrastructure: The Role of Automation and Robotics in PPP Projects

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“…The indicators of the performance category were also exposed in the article published by Costa et al (2020), where the authors explain the KPI for the worker's level of experience, which is measured at their time thanks to the two indicators of financial gains and product quality [96]. Fernandes Ferraez et al (2020) proposed several environmental indicators [94]. Fernandez Mena et al (2020) proposed environmental indicators to evaluate scenarios in terms of environmental services, nutrient cycles and autonomy of means [97].…”

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Study and Analysis of the Implementation of 4.0 Technologies in the Agri-Food Supply Chain: A State of the Art

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Industry 4.0 is changing the industrial environment. Particularly, the emerging Industry 4.0 technologies can improve the agri-food supply chain throughout all its stages. This study aims to highlight the benefits of implementing Industry 4.0 in the agri-food supply chain. First, it presents how technologies enhance the agri-food supply chain development. Then, it identifies and highlights the most common challenges that Industry 4.0 implementation faces in agri-food’s environment. After that, it proposes key performance indicators to measure the advantages of this implementation. To achieve this, a systematic literature review was conducted. It combined conceptual and bibliometric analyses of 78 papers. As a result, the most suitable technologies were identified, e.g., Internet of Things, Big Data, blockchain and cyber physical systems. The most used indicators are proposed and the challenges of implementation were detected and classified in three groups, i.e., technical, educational and governmental. This paper highlights and exemplifies the benefits of implementing Industry 4.0 facing the lack of knowledge that exists nowadays. Moreover, it fulfils the gaps in literature, i.e., the lack of information about the implementation of technologies 4.0 or the description of the most relevant indicators for Industry 4.0 implementation.

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“…In the researched literature, the study of the impacts of infrastructure works has received several approaches. Some works address impacts related to specific works, such as the subway [4], to specific impacts, such as noise pollution [14,15], or focus on dimensions of sustainability [16][17][18]. On the other hand, more comprehensive works address more than one type of impact and construction [4,11,[19][20][21][22].…”

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The Main Impacts of Infrastructure Works on Public Roads

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Infrastructure implementation and renovation in cities require work on public roads that impact the daily lives of road users and local population and commerce. Although the study of the impacts of infrastructure works in the researched literature has received various approaches, there is still a shortage of studies that identify the impacts of the implementation of infrastructure on public roads and the importance of each one. This study collaborates with this theme by researching the main impacts caused by infrastructure works on public roads based on extensive and detailed bibliographic research and based on a survey carried out toward residents of the areas impacted by these works, road users, and Brazilian professionals with experience in the concerned field. The results showed that fourteen impacts identified in the literature were considered important by survey respondents, of which seven were considered the most important.

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Sustainability Indicators to Assess Infrastructure Projects: Sector Disclosure to Interlock with the Global Reporting Initiative

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Toward Life Cycle Sustainability in Infrastructure: The Role of Automation and Robotics in PPP Projects

Toward Life Cycle Sustainability in Infrastructure: The Role of Automation and Robotics in PPP Projects

Study and Analysis of the Implementation of 4.0 Technologies in the Agri-Food Supply Chain: A State of the Art

The Main Impacts of Infrastructure Works on Public Roads

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