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: Received: 10 April 2024 / Approved: 10 April 2024 / Online: 11 April 2024 (02:55:30 CEST)
How to cite:
Koch, D.; Sauer, A. Identifying and Dealing with Interdependencies and Conflicts of Goals in Manufacturing Companies’ Sustainability Measures. Preprints2024, 2024040737. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0737.v1
Koch, D.; Sauer, A. Identifying and Dealing with Interdependencies and Conflicts of Goals in Manufacturing Companies’ Sustainability Measures. Preprints 2024, 2024040737. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0737.v1
Koch, D.; Sauer, A. Identifying and Dealing with Interdependencies and Conflicts of Goals in Manufacturing Companies’ Sustainability Measures. Preprints2024, 2024040737. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0737.v1
APA Style
Koch, D., & Sauer, A. (2024). Identifying and Dealing with Interdependencies and Conflicts of Goals in Manufacturing Companies’ Sustainability Measures. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0737.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Koch, D. and Alexander Sauer. 2024 "Identifying and Dealing with Interdependencies and Conflicts of Goals in Manufacturing Companies’ Sustainability Measures" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0737.v1
Abstract
Companies are increasingly focusing on sustainable business practices. Internal and external stakeholders’ expectations manifest in legal requirements, national and international standards, and market and customer expectations, among other things, must be considered. In addition to profit maximization as the usual target for corporate management, management must consider environmental sustainability aspects such as resource efficiency, greenhouse gas intensity, and a company's emissions behavior. In addition, social aspects relating to the company's employees, the immediate urban environment, the situation in the supply chain, and effects on the market environment must increasingly be considered. Specifically, companies are faced with the chal-lenge of dealing with conflicting objectives regarding the various aspects of sustainability and, if necessary, weighing them up against each other. These trade-offs must be made against the company's socio-economic and ecological environment, corporate strategy, and sustainability goals. This paper provides an overview of current approaches and research gaps on this topic through a literature review. It shows a lack of methods and frameworks to specifically deal with trade-offs and conflicts of goals.
Keywords
sustainability; trade-off; interdependency; decision tool; sustainable production; production
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science and Technology
Copyright:
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