Performance benchmarking using composite indicators to support regulation of the Portuguese wastewater sector

Henriques, Alda A.; Camanho, Ana S.; Amorim, Pedro; Silva, Jaime G.

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2020.101082

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“…This is for example the case of the operator INFRAQUINTA, that reports one of the highest CI P scores, CI P = 5.3368, and CI = 1. This operator has been already identified in other studies as one of the Portuguese top performing utilities (see Molinos-Senante et al 2016 andHenriques et al 2020). This can be seen as an example of utility that promotes environmental sustainability and tackles environmental pressure in water supply, wastewater sanitation and urban waste management sectors as a public commitment (see https://www.infraquinta.pt/ en/empresa/activities-plan).…”

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confidence: 56%

“…These indicators comprehensively represent the multidimensional environmental pressure framework. Moreover, we remark that the inclusion of less informative sub-indicators would be paid by the exclusion of several units due to missing values, without changing drastically the main findings (see also Henriques et al, 2020).…”

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“…Antunes, M.C. Cunha and the recent papers by Martins et al 2020;Henriques et al 2020;Marques and Simões 2020;Silva and Rosa 2020). From a juridic perspective, private, state and municipal owned utilities coexist.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This can be seen as an example of utility that promotes environmental sustainability and tackles environmental pressure in water supply, wastewater sanitation and urban waste management sectors as a public commitment (see https://www.infraquinta.pt/ en/empresa/activities-plan). The exceptional good performance of this unit can be partly explained by its recent re-organisation and the relatively modern infrastructures, which create also the expectation of future investment return (Henriques et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…Additionally, there are not commonly studies that carry out these comparisons with a focus on the waste sector as well. Despite this, it is possible to find research papers that focus on efficiency and productivity in relation to a particular type of waste [15][16][17].…”

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Capital Intensity and Labour Productivity in Waste Companies

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At first glance, it might seem that the economic aspects of sustainability in terms of waste management have resolved themselves already in areas of activity. In reality, however, companies in this area also need to address how to ensure their future operations. The primary priority for companies in the area of waste disposal is to provide efficient collection, sorting, and recycling, effectively using company resources. The goal of this paper was to explore the relation between capital intensity and the productivity of labour in companies in the waste sector in the countries of the Visegrad Group (V4), and consequently, to define the bonds among economic indicators in the form of the economic normal. The study used data from 875 enterprises from the V4 countries, which were divided into categories according to the development of capital intensity and labour productivity. This study found that companies mainly implement modest investment development, which was characterised by the high effectiveness of capital usage, diminishing labour productivity, low labour endowment, but at the same time, increasing profitability. The reason for the labour productivity decrease was due to the growing proportional cost of labour. This trend was typical for most of the large-sized and middle-sized companies, whereas for most small companies, there was a dominant severe capital development with decreasing labour productivity and relatively high profitability of incomes. The smallest representation takes companies with capital-intensive development with the positive development of all monitored economic indicators.

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Evolution of performance in the water and sewage sector in Brazil: a robust directional Benefit-of-the-Doubt assessment of municipalities from Santa Catarina state

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The water supply and sewage sector (WSS) is essential for promoting health and providing the population with drinking water and the adequate disposal of effluents. Assessing the evolution of performance in WSS allows for highlighting the best and worst results achieved, identifying benchmarks, and pinpointing sources of improvement for water services. Brazil has a large population and immense freshwater reserves that are unevenly distributed throughout the territory. This situation emanates a challenge that requires the efficient management of water resources. This study develops a composite indicator framework based on the robust Benefit-of-the-Doubt (BoD) approach to estimate the performance of municipalities of the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina from 2009 to 2021, considering financial, operational, and quality dimensions associated with the provision of WSS services. Subsequently, the Global Malmquist Index (GMI) is applied to assess the performance evolution of the municipalities over time. The BoD results enable the quantification of the relative contribution of each sub-indicator to the performance score, allowing the assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of each municipality. The GMI results show an average performance loss of 3.3% in Santa Catarina state and considerable variability among municipalities, with scores ranging from losses of 54.2% to gains of 109.3% in the period analysed.

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Performance benchmarking using composite indicators to support regulation of the Portuguese wastewater sector

Cited by 24 publications

References 54 publications

A composite indicator for measuring the environmental performance of water, wastewater, and solid waste utilities

A composite indicator for measuring the environmental performance of water, wastewater, and solid waste utilities

Capital Intensity and Labour Productivity in Waste Companies

Evolution of performance in the water and sewage sector in Brazil: a robust directional Benefit-of-the-Doubt assessment of municipalities from Santa Catarina state

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