Efficiency in Brazil's industrial sectors in terms of energy and sustainable development

Sustainability improvement opportunities in Brazilian sectors: analysis of DEA slacks

“…Thus, the present article replicated the method of Camioto et al (2014) in order to explore other aspects of the results. From 1996 to 2010 (a further year), the performance of the main industrial sectors of Brazil (Textiles, Food and Beverage, Chemistry, Mining, Pulp and Paper, Non Metallic and Metallurgical) was carried out, with an in-depth analysis of the gaps between the target performance in each sustainability-related variable analyzed.…”

“…The data used in this work were practically the same as that used in Camioto et al (2014), so that the biggest difference between the data used in this work and in Camioto et al (2014) corresponds to the year 2010, which was included. Therefore, the time interval analyzed in this study includes a period of thirteen years (1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010).…”

“…Similarly, the same variables used in Camioto et al (2014) were used in our analysis, which were: (a) GDP by sector, as a variable of economic growth; (b) personnel expenses in the form of salaries, withdrawals and other remunerations, as a variable related to social development; (c) persons employed in each sector, as a variable related to social development; (e) energy consumption as a variable related to environmental impact; and (d) fossil-fuel carbon emissions, as a variable related to environmental impact.…”

“…Since there is much discussion on how to define a multidimensional index of sustainability, combining economic, social and environmental aspects (Cracolici et al, 2010), and based on the definition by Glavic et Lukman (2007) of the sustainable production concept, Camioto et al (2014) analyzed the performance of the main industrial sectors in Brazil, from 1996 to 2009, considering energy consumption and its contribution toward the economic and social aspects of the country. In this work, an aggregate assessment of each sector was performed in terms of sustainability, but an analysis of the performance of each variable was not performed through the gaps.…”

“…The concept of sustainable production used in Camioto et al (2014) evaluates the efficiency of Brazil's industrial sectors from 1996 to 2009, taking into account energy consumption and respective contributions to the country's economic and social aspects. In this article, a replication of the performance of these sectors is conducted (Textile, Foods and Beverages, Chemical, Mining, Paper and Pulp, Nonmetallic and Metallurgical), from 1996 to 2010, with an in-depth analysis regarding the slacks between the current and the target performance in each variable relating to the sustainability analyzed.…”