An exploration of measures of social sustainability and their application to supply chain decisions

A reflection on the Dutch Sustainable Public Procurement Programme

“…As noted earlier, the interrelations and interdependence of ecological, social and economic systems are integral to the concept of sustainability and organisations that claim to act sustainably need to address them beyond simply abiding by their legal obligations (Hutchins and Sutherland 2008). A system dynamics approach has been suggested by many as the logical and appropriate approach to investigating these interactions and developing possible solutions (see e.g.…”

“…Simultaneously, globalisation and outsourcing have significantly increased the complexity of supply chains and related procurement decisions (Hutchins and Sutherland 2008). In fact, firms and organisations typically find it difficult to plan and predict supply chain management actions, because it involves accounting for the actions of numerous individual parties.…”

“…Sarkis et al 2011). However, the interrelations and interdependence of ecological, social and economic systems are integral to the concept of sustainability and, therefore, firms and organisations that claim to act sustainably need to address them -beyond simply living up to legal responsibilities (Hutchins and Sutherland 2008).…”

Inside out: The interrelationships of sustainable performance metrics and its effect on business decision making: Theory and practice

“…To operationalize the triple bottom line (economic, social and environmental 78 perspectives) （Elkington, 1997; and to interpret the 79 interrelationships between these perspectives and to guide decision-making processes, 80 clear metrics of "performance are needed in order to judge the efficacy of any 81 decision on the resulting sustainability performance" (Hutchins and Sutherland, 2008 In doing so, this study attempts to follow a systematic review method to identify the 101 performance metrics across a broad range literature of business decision-making 102 processes and their use within industry. Although some previous reviews (Koh et al,103 2016) can be found, this systematic review distinguish itself from previous reviews by 104 demonstrating its in-depth rigour of the methodology adopted and also the new 105 research directions proposed as a result of the triangulation between theory and 106 practice to comprehensively understand the interrelationship between the triple 107 perspectives.…”

Nations in social LCA

“…The UNEP/ SETAC guide to SLCA (Benoît and Mazijn 2009) focuses on the social performance of the unit processes in the life cycle and on the production sites and companies to which these unit processes belong. The role and performance of the company is also the focus of the social sustainability indicators previously suggested by Labuschange and Brent (2006), in the framework for SLCA presented by Dreyer et al (2006), and in the social indicators proposed by Hutchins and Sutherland (2008). Schmidt et al (2004) and Hunkeler (2006) focus on the socioeconomic benefits of the income generated through the product life cycle.…”