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The Sustainability Opportunity Study (SOS)–The Case of Swedish Cement and Concrete
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Social Sciences, Technology and Arts, Business Administration and Industrial Engineering. Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Visby, Sweden; .ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6487-5522
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Visby, Sweden.
Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2024 (English)In: Embracing Sustainability Management Through Excellence in Services: Selected papers from the 26th Excellence In Services International Conference, University of West Scotland, Paisley, 2023 / [ed] Maria Vincenza Ciasullo; Jacques Martin;Federico Brunetti, Springer Nature, 2024, p. 141-161Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The purpose in this paper is to do a Sustainability Opportunity Study (SOS) for Swedish cement and concrete production, while simultaneously improving the theoretical concept. There seems to be no agreed way of measuring organizational sustainability and sustainable development in common value chains, such as the building value chain. Without agreed definitions, agreed performance indicators are probably missing. Sustainability indicators can be proposed by doing an SOS, which identifies the main sustainability impacts in the studied value chain with focus on stakeholder needs. With proposed sustainability indicators, the improvement potential can be assessed. The SOS also identifies causes for the existing potential and proposes solutions. The starting point is the SOS matrix that combines the logic of Understanding-Defining-Measuring with the Opportunity Study steps of Diagnosing-Analysing-Solving. Results demonstrate that the SOS can be adapted to Swedish cement and concrete production resulting in proposed sustainability KPIs, identified main causes and proposed ways forwards.

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Springer Nature, 2024. p. 141-161
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Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics (SPBE), ISSN 2198-7246, E-ISSN 2198-7254
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Environmental Engineering
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Quality Technology and Logistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-108656DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-65115-1_8Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85200481289OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-108656DiVA, id: diva2:1890956
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26th Excellence in Services International Conference, EISIC 2023,Paisley,United Kingdom,August 31-September 1,2023
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ISBN for host publication: 978-3-031-65115-1; 

Available from: 2024-08-21 Created: 2024-08-21 Last updated: 2024-08-21Bibliographically approved

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