Li Tao
Associate Professor Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates Supervisor of Master's Candidates
Gender:Female
Alma Mater:Harbin Institute of Technology
Degree:Doctoral Degree
School/Department:School of Mechanical Engineering
Discipline:Mechanical Design and Theory. Intelligent Manufacturing. Mechanical Manufacture and Automation. Mechanical Engineering. Intelligent Manufacturing Technology
Business Address:8027 room, School of Mechanical Engineering building
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Date:2019-10-19
Indexed by:Journal Article
Date of Publication:2018-06-20
Journal:JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Included Journals:SSCI、SCIE
Volume:187
Page Number:625-637
ISSN:0959-6526
Key Words:Corporate sustainability assessment; Principal component analysis; Multivariate statistics; Chinese Internal Combustion Engine; manufacturing Industry
Abstract:Corporate sustainability assessment involves two procedures including quantification of the upstream/downstream impacts generated during the company's activities and integration of these impacts into a single metric. In order to achieve a desirable balance among the economic growth, environmental friendliness, and social equity, it is essential to scientifically manage and monitor the corporate sustainability. This paper proposes a three-dimensional (economic, environmental, and social) sustainability assessment model to analyze the corporate sustainable performance based on principal component analysis. An effective evaluation indicator system for cooperate sustainability assessment is provided after conducting reliability and validity analysis. Considering the coordination degree of sustainable development among the three dimensions, the corporate sustainability index is used to express the overall sustainability performance of a company. A case study on the internal combustion engine manufacturing industry in China has been conducted to verify the validity and practicability of the proposed method. A questionnaire survey was conducted at 52 companies to collect the economic, environmental, and social indicators data during 2010-2012. A total of 49 companies responded, yielding a total of 103 economic samples, 102 social samples, and 79 environmental samples. The results of this investigation show that a large gap exist in the reported enterprises in their sustainability, and most of them are recommended to take measures to improve the sustainability performance. At the end, a specific company is selected to illustrate how to identify the strengths and weaknesses of its sustainability performance. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Ph.D, associate professor, doctoral supervisor, graduated from Harbin Institute of technology, mainly engaged in product sustainability evaluation methods, laser repair technology, mechanical equipment energy consumption analysis and evaluation, enterprise information technology development and application. Reviewers of many domestic and foreign journals in related fields, presided over or participated in more than 20 projects of national key research and development plan, national 973 program, national Natural Science Foundation of China and enterprises, and published more than 100 papers. Ph.D Li has trained or assisted in the training of more than 50 doctoral and master degree students.
