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Organization Environmental Footprint through Input‐Output Analysis: A Case Study in the Construction Sector
Author(s) -
Martinez Sara,
Delgado Maria del Mar,
Martinez Marin Ruben,
Alvarez Sergio
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of industrial ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.377
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1530-9290
pISSN - 1088-1980
DOI - 10.1111/jiec.12827
Subject(s) - ecological footprint , sustainability , procurement , footprint , environmental impact assessment , business , work (physics) , goods and services , environmental resource management , life cycle assessment , environmental economics , carbon footprint , environmental scanning , environmental sustainability index , environmental planning , environmental management system , production (economics) , economics , environmental science , engineering , marketing , greenhouse gas , geography , economy , mechanical engineering , ecology , macroeconomics , archaeology , irrigation , biology
Summary The implementation of global sustainability has gained worldwide attention in recent years. The Organization Environmental Footprint, which encompasses 14 impact categories, is a multicriteria measure of the environmental performance of goods and services provided by an organization from a life cycle perspective. In this article, the focus is on quantifying the Organization Environmental Footprint of a construction company in Spain. By applying an environmentally extended input‐output approach, its total footprint and impacts along the supply chain from two consecutive years were calculated. The results show that the environmental impacts from the second year of implementation were significantly higher than those from the first year. The impact category climate change was found to have experienced the greatest increase from one year to the other, with a 31% increase. This work provides an overview of 14 environmental impact categories of the company assessed, as well as recommendations for the implementation of this indicator in companies and public procurement. This approach could pave the way to shape organizations’ action plans and meet the European environmental challenges.