Sustainability performance indicators at shop floor level in large manufacturing companies
Paper in proceeding, 2017
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 were developed. 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.
Performance Measurement System
Sustainability Performance Indicator
Sustainability
Environmental Management
Author
Mats Zackrisson
Swerea
Martin Kurdve
Mälardalens högskola
Swerea
Sasha Shabazi
Mälardalens högskola
Magnus Wiktorsson
Mälardalens högskola
Mats Winroth
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
Anna Landström
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
Peter Almström
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
Carin Andersson
Lund University
Christina Windmark
Lund University
Anna Öberg
Volvo Group
Andreas Myrelid
GKN Aerospace Sweden
Procedia CIRP
22128271 (ISSN)
Vol. 61 457-462
The 24th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering
Kamakura, Japan,
Kamakura, Japan,
Subject Categories
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Driving Forces
Sustainable development
Areas of Advance
Production
DOI
10.1016/j.procir.2016.11.199