Fuzzy Based Environmental System Approach for Impact Assessment - Case Studies

Environmental studies have expanded dramatically all over the world in the past few years. Nowadays businesses interact with society and the environment in ways that put their mark on both sides. Efforts improving human standard living, through the control of nature and the development of new products, have also resulted in contamination of the environment. Consequently companies play an important role in environmental sustainability of a region or country. Therefore we can say that a company's sustainable development is strictly dependent on the environment. This article presents a fuzzy model to evaluate a company's environmental impact. Article illustrates an example of the automotive industry in order to prove the usefulness of using such a model.

Authors:

• Marius Pislaru
• Alexandru F. Trandabat

Keywords:

• fuzzy approach
• environmental impact assessment
• sustainability

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