Multi-objectives optimisation framework: A comparative study on the relationship between urban block typologies and key environmental performance indicators in Tianjin Eco-City

Environment protection, like a new religion consists of: environmental programmes, objectives and targets, training, incentive schemes, audit frequency, site inspections, administration and community relations. This paper presents the main environmental performance indicators. They should therefore be cost-effective and appropriate to the size and type of organization and its needs and priorities. Organizations should make the optimum use of the environmental information they collect. To this end the indicators should fulfill the dual purpose of assisting the management of the organization and providing information to stakeholders. In article we present a set of Environmental Performance Indicators (EPI). These indicators should therefore be cost-effective and appropriate to the size and type of organization and its needs and priorities. We present many categories of environmental performance indicators: comparability (indicators should enable a comparison and show changes in the environmental performance); balance between problematic (bad) and prospective (good) areas, continuity (indicators should be based on the same criteria and should be taken over comparable time sections or units); timeliness (indicators should be updated frequently enough to allow action to be taken); clarity (indicators should be clear and understandable).

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The use of environmental performance indicators in “the greenest city in Europe”

Baltic Journal of Management ◽

10.1108/bjm-01-2018-0028 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 122-140 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jan Alpenberg ◽

Tomasz Wnuk-Pel ◽

Philip Adamsson ◽

Johannes Petersson

Keyword(s):

Performance Indicators ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Environmental Indicators ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Content Type ◽

Study Approach ◽

External Stakeholders ◽

Municipal Managers ◽

Environmental Performance Indicators

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine why and how municipal managers and CEOs for municipally owned companies use the environmental performance indicators. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach as a research design was used. In total, 18 semi-structured interviews were conducted among managers for administrative departments and municipal company CEOs. Findings This study found that the environmental performance indicators are used by department managers mainly for resource allocation, control and for teaching the employees. The CEOs of the municipal companies use the environmental indicators for communicating with external stakeholders and see the indicators primarily as marketing tools. The main reason why the environmental performance indicators are used in the municipality can be the strong demand from the local politicians to push the “green agenda,” and therefore the managers have to comply. Research limitations/implications As in any case study, generalizations from the research should be made with care, but since this is only one municipality, further research is needed to find additional evidence. Practical implications The findings of this study have a number of implications for future practice, and it is worth mentioning that clear guidelines for how the information could be made more useful for managers at the managerial level in Växjö municipality (VM) are requested for both the municipal managers and the CEOs. Social implications Overall, this study strengthens the idea that environmental performance indicators could be used to a larger extent for communicating with external stakeholders both for municipal departments and companies. Originality/value The research adds to the literature by examining different patterns of using environmental performance indicators in a unique setting – in VM, which is called “the greenest city in Europe” and is one of the “pioneers” in environmental work and extensively uses performance indicators.

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A methodological proposal for the identification of energy-environmental performance indicators aimed at recovering the air quality

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management ◽

10.1504/ijetm.2007.013238 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 7 (1/2) ◽

pp. 85

Author(s):

Fabrizio Cumo ◽

Umberto Di Matteo ◽

Giambattista Guidi

Keyword(s):

Air Quality ◽

Performance Indicators ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Environmental Performance Indicators

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Study of basic environmental performance indicators of a coal mining enterprise

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202131504005 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 315 ◽

pp. 04005

Author(s):

Vladimir Mikhailov ◽

Tatyana Galanina ◽

Svetlana Bugrova ◽

Yana Mikhailova ◽

Evdokiya Kulpina

Keyword(s):

Coal Mining ◽

Performance Indicators ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Environmental Law ◽

Practical Importance ◽

Weighted Average ◽

Management Decision ◽

Industrial Enterprises ◽

Mining Enterprise ◽

Environmental Performance Indicators

Current processes of environmental law enforcement require the use of innovative approaches to the problem of environmental management. In this regard, an adequate choice of the environmental performance indicators of an enterprise and the technique for their analysis, aimed at developing efficient, environmentally friendly management decisions, is of great importance. The technique for calculating the environmental and eco-economic performance indicators of a coal mining enterprise, including using the weighted average hazard class of pollutants or production and consumption waste is discussed in the article. Various options for the application of this approach, which is of practical importance for reducing the labor intensity of management decision-making by industrial enterprises, are considered.

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