Sustainability performance for Brazilian electricity power industry: An assessment integrating social, economic and environmental issues

Energy Policy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2017, Pages 41-51

  Sartori, Simone ^a   Witjes, Sjors ^b   Campos, Lucila M S ^c  

^a Centro Universitario de Brusque   (Brazil)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian electricity power; Data Envelopment Analysis; Global Reporting Initiative; GRI; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; POWER QUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BRAZILIAN ELECTRICITY POWER; CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; ELECTRICITY POWER INDUSTRIES; GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE; INTEGRATION APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 85034089220     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.08.054     Document Type: Article

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