Abstract
Our planet has been extensively impacted by the enormous consumption of natural resources and due to the high level of emissions coming from the productive systems. This situation is imposing severe burdens to the planet, leading to environmental disturbances and a huge level of pollution, which is causing a significant increase of human diseases. Sustainability Analysis at the industrial process level is mandatory to accomplish the sustainable development among nations. The aim of this chapter is to clearly present the sustainability agenda across the past decades and integrate that concept in the industrial processes analysis. For that, metrics and tools available to assess and improve industrial processes in terms of sustainability are presented. Some examples of the application of these tools are also described.
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Matos, H.A., Carvalho, A. (2017). Sustainability Analysis of Industrial Processes. In: Póvoa, A., Corominas, A., de Miranda, J. (eds) Optimization and Decision Support Systems for Supply Chains. Lecture Notes in Logistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42421-7_12
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