The Application of the Triple Bottom Line Approach to Sustainability Assessment: the Case Study of the UK Automotive Supply Chain
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Abstract
Purpose: The objective of this paper is to assess the level of sustainability of the UK automotive
supply chain (SC) considering simultaneously the three dimensions of sustainability (economic,
social and environmental) representing the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) approach.
Design/methodology/approach: The assessment of the automotive SC’ sustainability is based
on the framework proposed by Salvado, Azevedo, Matias and Ferreira (2015) and uses the Simple
Additive Weighting (SAW) method to aggregate economic, environmental and social indicators
into a unique index. A case study on the UK automotive industry is used and the data to perform
this study is collected from the sustainability reports of the UK’ automotive companies from
1999 to 2014.
Findings: The proposed framework represents an important benchmarking tool, offering
managers the opportunity for assessing the sustainability behaviour of their supply chains and
compare it with other supply chains. Once identified the dimension of sustainability where the
supply chain is worst performer managers can work closer to their supply chain’ partners in order
to improve the performance of those dimension of sustainability.
Research limitations/implications: One limitation of the suggested approach is related to the
ambiguity associated to the selection process of the sustainability’ indicators and the definition of
weights for each sustainability’ dimension. Practical implications: The assessment of the SC sustainability by using the suggested
framework to compute a SC sustainability index offers managers an opportunity for assessing the
level of sustainability of each individual company and the corresponding SC in a very easy way. It
also represents an opportunity for improving company performance. In this way managers can
use the information on the sustainability index to help adjusting their company’s behaviour and
improving their economic, social and environmental performance.
Originality/value: The proposed framework represents a contribution in the area of index
construction and a valuable component of organizational management systems and monitoring
programs.
CitacióAzevedo, S.; Barros, M. The Application of the Triple Bottom Line Approach to Sustainability Assessment: the Case Study of the UK Automotive Supply Chain. "Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management", Maig 2017, vol. 10, núm. 2, p. 286-322.
Dipòsit legalB-28744-2008
ISSN2013-0953
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