Abstract:
Global environmental problems, rising energy prices, lack of raw material
availability, increasingly demanding legislation and costly environmental taxes
are some of the reasons that drive company policy towards adopting
sustainability concepts and practices.
This MSc thesis project aimed to carry on the research of industrial
sustainability best practices in order to have a detail documentation that will aid
the development of digital library. This is to help companies like CEMEX and
their stakeholders to increase their sustainability awareness and enabling them
to embed best practices in their operational processes.
The research lacked clear and coherent method for mapping best practices
from the literature into the adopted sustainable development process without
validation. Nevertheless recommendations included proposing a separate
study for the implementation of the sustainable development process and a
further pilot study into implementing a few key best practices within industry.
Overall this study was successful in helping to identify and validate best
practices that were most frequently mentioned by academics and to some
extent reflected the existing state of affairs concerning sustainable development
and the environment.