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A. Barrera-Roldán, A. Saldívar, S. Ortiz, P. Rosales, M. Nava, S. Aguilar, L. Rodríguez, E. Villaseñor & A. Angeles

Abstract

The objective of this work was to design a methodology for obtaining an Industrial Sustainability Index (ISI) in terms of the sustainable development philosophy and to identify the issues that have to be addressed in order to get the industry closer to a sustainable performance. For this purpose the multi-attribute decision theory was chosen as the methodology that provided the IS1 main structure, which detached the problem to analyze in a decision tree. The main branches or general attributes of the tree were chosen to be: Financial Evaluation, In-walls, and Out-walls. The last two branches were divided into economic, social, and environmental attributes. Through this index, it is possible to evaluate the economic-financial situation of an industry, as well as the well being of its workers, and its surround

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