Green industrial performance: the GIP index Online publication date: Sat, 14-Jul-2018
by Jaime Moll De Alba; Valentin Todorov
World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development (WRSTSD), Vol. 14, No. 2/3, 2018
Abstract: This article develops and introduces the green industrial performance (GIP) index that allows policy-makers and practitioners to analyse the performance of countries in terms of green manufacturing. We derive our data from international data sources, namely UNIDO's industrial statistics database (INDSTAT) and UN COMTRADE, to build up a set of green industrial indicators capturing different aspects of the country's green industrial performance. We then construct a composite index and rank and analyse the green industrial performance of a set of 107 countries in 2014. In 2014, the top five green industrial performers according to the GIP index are Denmark, Taiwan Province of China, Germany, the Republic of Korea and Singapore. Industrialised economies generally outperform other economies. We derive from the GIP index a set of recommendations for future research within the general framework of the international 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development (WRSTSD):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:
Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.
If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com
Our Blog 
Follow us on Twitter 
Visit us on Facebook