Assessing the sustainability of industrial value chains in Europe: a mapping method proposal
Establishing sustainability policies and business strategies involves mapping environmental, economic, and social factors in an integrative way. In the academic literature, environmentally extended input-output tables have been employed to analyse the relationship between economic flows and their im...
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| author | Jabier Retegi Dorleta Ibarra Juan Ignacio Igartua |
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| description | Establishing sustainability policies and business strategies involves mapping environmental, economic, and social factors in an integrative way. In the academic literature, environmentally extended input-output tables have been employed to analyse the relationship between economic flows and their impacts on sustainability. These methodologies require advanced mathematical expertise and do not easily provide a graphical representation to facilitate their interpretation. To fill this gap, this paper develops a unique approach using Power Query that integrates economic, environmental, and employment data to create value chain maps. It also provides examples of the insights gained by applying the method to 12 European countries. The resulting 240 industrial value chain maps represent 94.41% of the industrial emissions in the surveyed countries. This novel and comprehensive methodology for mapping and characterising industrial sustainability in European industrial value chains (including Scope 3 emissions) provides valuable knowledge for researchers, business representatives, and policymakers to design effective sustainable strategies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0f491457df3a45bd99ac2262d0629d5d2025-01-02T06:46:34ZengTaylor & Francis GroupProduction and Manufacturing Research: An Open Access Journal2169-32772025-12-0113110.1080/21693277.2024.2448010Assessing the sustainability of industrial value chains in Europe: a mapping method proposalJabier Retegi0Dorleta Ibarra1Juan Ignacio Igartua2Mechanical and Industrial Production Department, Mondragon University, Mondragon, SpainMechanical and Industrial Production Department, Mondragon University, Mondragon, SpainMechanical and Industrial Production Department, Mondragon University, Mondragon, SpainEstablishing sustainability policies and business strategies involves mapping environmental, economic, and social factors in an integrative way. In the academic literature, environmentally extended input-output tables have been employed to analyse the relationship between economic flows and their impacts on sustainability. These methodologies require advanced mathematical expertise and do not easily provide a graphical representation to facilitate their interpretation. To fill this gap, this paper develops a unique approach using Power Query that integrates economic, environmental, and employment data to create value chain maps. It also provides examples of the insights gained by applying the method to 12 European countries. The resulting 240 industrial value chain maps represent 94.41% of the industrial emissions in the surveyed countries. This novel and comprehensive methodology for mapping and characterising industrial sustainability in European industrial value chains (including Scope 3 emissions) provides valuable knowledge for researchers, business representatives, and policymakers to design effective sustainable strategies.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21693277.2024.2448010Mappingvalue chainEuropesustainabilitytriple bottom line |
| spellingShingle | Jabier Retegi Dorleta Ibarra Juan Ignacio Igartua Assessing the sustainability of industrial value chains in Europe: a mapping method proposal Production and Manufacturing Research: An Open Access Journal Mapping value chain Europe sustainability triple bottom line |
| title | Assessing the sustainability of industrial value chains in Europe: a mapping method proposal |
| title_full | Assessing the sustainability of industrial value chains in Europe: a mapping method proposal |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the sustainability of industrial value chains in Europe: a mapping method proposal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the sustainability of industrial value chains in Europe: a mapping method proposal |
| title_short | Assessing the sustainability of industrial value chains in Europe: a mapping method proposal |
| title_sort | assessing the sustainability of industrial value chains in europe a mapping method proposal |
| topic | Mapping value chain Europe sustainability triple bottom line |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21693277.2024.2448010 |
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