Indicators for Socio-Economic Sustainability Assessment

2014 ◽  
pp. 17-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocio Diaz-Chavez
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Economic Sustainability

scholarly journals Financial Ratios as Indicators of Economic Sustainability: A Quantitative Analysis for Swiss Dairy Farms

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Zorn ◽  
Michele Esteves ◽  
Ivo Baur ◽  
Markus Lips
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
North American ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Financial Ratios ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Farm Accountancy Data Network ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Sustainability Assessments

In agriculture, a rising number of sustainability assessments are available that also comprise financial ratios. In a literature review of farm management textbooks, taking account of the differences between European and North American practices and considering prevalent sustainability assessment approaches, we identified frequently used financial ratios. Five ratios relate to the indicator profitability and four to the indicator liquidity. Another eight financial indicators refer to the indicators financial efficiency, stability, solvency and repayment capacity. Based on more than 14,000 accountancies of dairy farms from the Swiss Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN), we carried out a Spearman correlation analysis for normalised and harmonised financial ratios. The correlation analysis revealed mostly positive correlations. To assess the implementation of a quantitative economic sustainability assessment we compare an aggregated indicator compound of all 17 ratios with two selections of financial ratios–first, a compound European and, second, a compound North American economic sustainability indicator. The correlation between the complete and the reduced sets of indicators suggest that both aggregate economic indicators can be reasonably applied to estimate the economic sustainability for Swiss dairy farms.

scholarly journals Economic sustainability assessment in semi-steppe rangelands

2018 ◽  
Vol 637-638 ◽  
pp. 112-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Mofidi Chelan ◽  
Ahmad Alijanpour ◽  
Hossein Barani ◽  
Javad Motamedi ◽  
Hossein Azadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Economic Sustainability

An economic sustainability assessment of “Fichi di Cosenza” PDO production compared with other profitable permanent crops

2017 ◽  
pp. 395-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Stillitano ◽  
G. Falcone ◽  
E. Spada ◽  
A.I. De Luca ◽  
N. Grillone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Economic Sustainability

A decision-support framework for techno-economic-sustainability assessment of resource recovery alternatives

2020 ◽  
Vol 266 ◽  
pp. 121854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Silk ◽  
Beatrice Mazzali ◽  
Carina L. Gargalo ◽  
Manuel Pinelo ◽  
Isuru A Udugama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Resource Recovery ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Decision Support Framework

scholarly journals The Household Cooking Sector in Nigeria: Environmental and Economic Sustainability Assessment

Resources ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 412-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruna Gujba ◽  
Yacob Mulugetta ◽  
Adisa Azapagic
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Economic Sustainability

scholarly journals Are Sustainable Aviation Fuels a Viable Option for Decarbonizing Air Transport in Europe? An Environmental and Economic Sustainability Assessment

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 597
Author(s):  
Alexander Barke ◽  
Timo Bley ◽  
Christian Thies ◽  
Christian Weckenborg ◽  
Thomas S. Spengler
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
Electricity Mix ◽  
Harmful Effects

The use of drop-in capable alternative fuels in aircraft can support the European aviation sector to achieve its goals for sustainable development. They can be a transitional solution in the short and medium term, as their use does not require any structural changes to the aircraft powertrain. However, the production of alternative fuels is often energy-intensive, and some feedstocks are associated with harmful effects on the environment. In addition, alternative fuels are often more expensive to produce than fossil kerosene, which can make their use unattractive. Therefore, this paper analyzes the environmental and economic impacts of four types of alternative fuels compared to fossil kerosene in a well-to-wake perspective. The fuels investigated are sustainable aviation fuels produced by power-to-liquid and biomass-to-liquid pathways. Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing are used as environmental and economic assessment methods. The results of this well-to-wake analysis reveal that the use of sustainable aviation fuels can reduce the environmental impacts of aircraft operations. However, an electricity mix based on renewable energies is needed to achieve significant reductions. In addition, from an economic perspective, the use of fossil kerosene ranks best among the alternatives. A scenario analysis confirms this result and shows that the production of sustainable aviation fuels using an electricity mix based solely on renewable energy can lead to significant reductions in environmental impact, but economic competitiveness remains problematic.

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