Applicability of industry 4.0 technologies in the adoption of global reporting initiative standards for achieving sustainability

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:305

Article

Narula, Sanjiv¹  Puppala, Harish²  Kumar, Anil³  Frederico, Guilherme F.⁴  Dwivedy, Maheshwar¹  Prakash, Surya²  Talwar, Vishal² 

[1] BML Munjal Univ, Sch Management, Gurugram, Haryana, India

[2] BML Munjal Univ, Sch Engn & Technol, Gurugram, Haryana, India

[3] London Metropolitan Univ, Guildhall Sch Business & Law, London, England

[4] Fed Univ Parana UFPR, Sch Management, Operat & Supply Chain & Project Management, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

关键词: Industry 4.0;    Sustainability;    Government policy;    Global reporting initiative;    Digitization;    Industrial internet of things;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127141

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Global reporting initiative (GRI) is the global standard of sustainability. It epitomizes the global best practice of triple bottom line, i.e., economic, environmental, and social impacts. This research is an expert-based analysis of 132 industry leaders and policymakers from 36 industries to evaluate the significance of Industry 4.0 (14.0) technologies on GRI adoption. In the first phase, the influence of 14.0 on GRI standards is analyzed using basic descriptive statistics and analysis of variance. In the second phase, the significance of the GRI standards in the context of 14.0 is evaluated using the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The findings indicate that 85% of environmental, 65% economic, and 50% societal GRI standards are influenced by 14.0. It is also found that the influence on economic performance, indirect economic impacts, energy, and emissions are significantly high. Findings ratify that the social aspect, which is often overlooked, needs more focus in manufacturing. Most of the contemporary research on evaluating the impact of 14.0 on sustainability is conceptual, lacks comprehensiveness, and rigor by thorough testing and validation. This study is one of the pioneering works offering a conceptual framework that aids in integrating 14.0 with GRI. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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