Introducción de criterios de sostenibilidad en la elección de emplazamientos industriales mediante modelos multicriterio

Abstract

The choice of locations for the implementation of

industrial activities is a complex problem where

the cost and efficiency criteria have been adding

new ones relating to the environment impact

and the company’s corporate image reflected in

Corporate Social Responsability.

The environmental criteria have been getting big

importance in the final decision, to become key

elements in the final decision, due to the duty of

submit of environmental assessment projects.

Therefore, promoters, quite often, ask previously

to the Administration about the viability of their

projects before starting a lengthy administrative

procedure.

This paper proposes the use of sustainability

indicators and their application through a

multi-criteria decision model for managing

the establishment options initially considered,

so that they become an help instrument of

estimation in order to making these decisions.

To show its usefulness we propose the use of the

support tool for decision making based on the

PROMETHEE methodology and its application

in the management of 5 alternative sites for

the installation of a cement factory in the

Community of Madrid under sustainability

criteria.