A Multi-Criteria Approach to Evaluate Sustainability: A Case Study of the Navarrese Wine Sector

María Dolores Mainar-Toledo (), Maider Gómez Palmero, Maryori Díaz-Ramírez, Iñaki Mendioroz and David Zambrana-Vasquez
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María Dolores Mainar-Toledo: Fundación CIRCE, Parque Empresarial Dinamiza, Avda. Ranillas 3D, 1ª Planta, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Maider Gómez Palmero: Fundación CIRCE, Parque Empresarial Dinamiza, Avda. Ranillas 3D, 1ª Planta, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Maryori Díaz-Ramírez: Fundación CIRCE, Parque Empresarial Dinamiza, Avda. Ranillas 3D, 1ª Planta, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Iñaki Mendioroz: Unión de Agricultores y Ganaderos de Navarra, Avenida de Zaragoza 21 1º dcha, 31003 Pamplona, Spain
David Zambrana-Vasquez: Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Instituto Universitario de Investigación Mixto CIRCE—(Universidad de Zaragoza), Parque Empresarial Dinamiza, Avda. Ranillas 3D, 1ª Planta, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 18, 1-21

Abstract: The present work introduces a multi-criteria approach focused on the evaluation of wine production, considering the three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, economic and social. In this sense, the most relevant key performance indicators were selected within each dimension and disaggregated into sub-indicators to address the different sustainability aspects within the wine value chain. Furthermore, the analytic hierarchy process was applied as the method to weight the relevance of the three dimensions and corresponding key performance indicators, in order to allow the producers to understand which aspects need to be covered to improve their production sustainability. Results demonstrate how the approach proposed is able to identify, for both the vineyard and winery, the strengths and weaknesses regarding the sustainability performance of their production. Additionally, this study also contributes by shedding light on the most suitable and recommended actions to increase the company’s sustainability from a sustainable perspective. Additionally, it is important to highlight that, although the developed approach is specifically designed for the wine sector in the Navarrese region, it can be replicated by adjusting the key performance indicator selection to apply this methodology to the reality in other wine production regions.

Keywords: sustainability; wine sector; analytic hierarchy process methodology; key performance indicators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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