In Search of a European Paper Industry Ranking in Terms of Sustainability by Using Binary Goal Programming

Roberto Voces (), Luis Diaz-Balteiro and Carlos Romero
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Roberto Voces: Research Group “Economics for a Sustainable Environment”, Technical University of Madrid

A chapter in New Developments in Multiple Objective and Goal Programming, 2010, pp 141-149 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Sustainability is a multidimensional concept in continuous evolution. However, the suitability of using several indicators of a diverse nature to characterise and quantify this concept has been widely accepted. Within this orientation, in this work, the paper industry’s sustainability in a significant number of European countries has been analysed. To achieve this purpose, a set of economic, environmental and social indicators have been defined for the year 2004. With the help of a binary goal programming model, these indicators were aggregated into a synthetic index that measures the overall sustainability of the industry analysed. In this way, a “ranking” according to the sustainability of the paper industry in the European countries studied has been obtained.

Keywords: Goal Programming; Paper Industry; Innovative Activity; Aspiration Level; Preferential Weight (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10354-4_10

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