Sustainability performance indicators at shop floor level in large manufacturing companiesShow others and affiliations
2017 (English)In: Procedia CIRP, ISSN 2212-8271, E-ISSN 2212-8271, Vol. 61, p. 457-462Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
Sustainable Development
Abstract [en]
This article investigates sustainability in the performance measurement systems of Swedish manufacturing companies. It builds on a previous study that documents relatively few direct environmental indicators at shop floor level, which raises questions about possible indirect links between existing indicators and the environment that could be used to improve the environmental aspect of company´s sustainability ambitions.
A method for identifying and categorizing indirect links to sustainability issues was defined and used. The results suggest that at shop floor level 90% of the indicators have at least an indirect relation to one or more of the sustainability dimensions economy, environment and social, of which 26% are at least indirectly related to the environmental dimension. Despite the many indirect connections, participating companies perceive a need to improve sustainability indicators and some ideas are suggested.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2017. Vol. 61, p. 457-462
Keywords [en]
Performance Measurement System, Sustainability, Sustainability Performance Indicator, Environmental management
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36870DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2016.11.199ISI: 000404511900079Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85020043898OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-36870DiVA, id: diva2:1133346
Conference
The 24th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, Kamakura, March 8-10, 2017.
Projects
SureBPMS
Funder
VINNOVA2017-08-152017-08-152017-08-21Bibliographically approved