%0 Research article
%T Making sustainability rankings using compromise programming. An application to European paper industry
%A Diaz-Balteiro, Luis
%A Voces, Roberto
%A Romero, Carlos
%D 2011
%J Silva Fennica
%V 45
%N 4
%R doi:10.14214/sf.103
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/103
%X This paper characterizes the sustainability of the European paper  industry. To undertake this task the sustainability of each country is  defined by using fourteen indicators of a diverse nature (economic,  environmental and social). These indicators are aggregated into a  composite or synthetic index with the help of a compromise programming  model. In order to associate different weights with each indicator, a  survey among international experts has been carried out. In this way, a  ranking of seventeen European countries analysed in terms of the  sustainability of the European paper industry has been established,  where Finland is the most sustainable paper industry in Europe except  when the most balanced solution is chosen. Also, the results are robust  when different preferential weights are attached. Finally, this  methodology can be applied at a more disaggregated level and other  indicators can be introduced.