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- Holistic framework to data-driven sustainability assessmentPublication . Peças, Paulo; John, Lenin; Ribeiro, Inês; Baptista, António J.; Pinto, Sara M.; Dias, Rui; Henriques, Juan; Estrela, Marco; Pilastri, André; Cunha, FernandoIn recent years, the Twin-Transition reference model has gained notoriety as one of the key options for decarbonizing the economy while adopting more sustainable models leveraged by the Industry 4.0 paradigm. In this regard, one of the most relevant challenges is the integration of data-driven approaches with sustainability assessment approaches, since overcoming this challenge will foster more agile sustainable development. Without disregarding the effort of academics and practitioners in the development of sustainability assessment approaches, the authors consider the need for holistic frameworks that also encourage continuous improvement in sustainable develop- ment. The main objective of this research is to propose a holistic framework that supports companies to assess sustainability performance effectively and more easily, supported by digital capabilities and data-driven concepts, while integrating improvement procedures and methodologies. To achieve this objective, the research is based on the analysis of published approaches, with special emphasis on the data-driven concepts supporting sustainability assessment and Lean Thinking methods. From these results, we identified and extracted the metrics, scopes, boundaries, and kinds of output for decision-making. A new holistic framework is described, and we have included a guide with the steps necessary for its adoption in a given company, thus helping to enhance sustainability while using data availability and data-analytics tools.
- Industrial symbiosis implementation potential: an applied assessment tool for companiesPublication . Azevedo, João; Ferreira, Inês; Dias, Rui; Ascenço, Cristina; Magalhães, Bruno; Henriques, Juan; Iten, Muriel; Cunha, FernandoA successful and broad implementation of industrial symbiosis (IS) initiatives is highly related to stakeholder’s involvement and technical considerations on its process’ development. This paper presents a mixed research study (quantitative and qualitative) focusing on the development of a dedicated tool based on sequential modules’ that support companies in the assessment of their potential to develop and implement IS scenarios. The first module considers the identification and characterization of the economic activity of the company to support an IS contextualization analysis. The second module provides the evaluation of the company’s current state, allowing key intervention areas to be defined. The third module focuses on the assessment of the potential scenarios for synergies implementation based on an economic benefit comparison of different valorization scenarios regarding the available surplus or waste. Complementarily, a SWOT analysis for the identification of the internal strengths and weaknesses, the external opportunities and threats associated with the IS process implementation is presented. The final output compiles qualitative and quantitative results regarding each module. The presented tool is currently under validation at industrial case studies. The preliminary results show the high applicability of the proposed tool in order to support decision making processes on surpluses valorization scenarios selection.
- O Quadro de Incentivos à PSM, como estímulo ao Recrutamento e RetençãoPublication . Cunha, FernandoDesde a profissionalização das Forças Armadas em 2004 que os contratados assumiram uma importância crescente, tendo sido criado um regulamento de incentivos, que fomentasse o recrutamento e a retenção destes recursos humanos. É este conjunto de incentivos e a sua adequabilidade face às dificuldades sentidas no recrutamento e na retenção que se estudam ao longo desta investigação. Com o objetivo de identificar a adequabilidade dos incentivos, efetua-se a análise dos incentivos nacionais em vigor, conjuntamente com a análise dos modelos francês e espanhol, tendo por base as motivações de ingresso e os motivos de abandono precoce desta forma de prestação de serviço, o que permite identificar possíveis melhorias a implementar, que na forma de contributos, são o principal resultado desta investigação. Identificam-se constantes alterações nos incentivos e dificuldade em operacionalizar algumas das medidas previstas, destacando-se o facto de haver uma fraca estratégia de comunicação dos incentivos. O que os jovens procuram, e o que os motiva a ingressar nas Forças Armadas, é a procura de um percurso de valorização pessoal e profissional, do qual resultem mais valias para uma reinserção no mercado de trabalho civil, sendo nestes domínios que as melhorias aos incentivos devem incidir. Abstract: Since the professionalization of the Armed Forces in 2004, volunteers have become increasingly important, and an incentive regulation have been created to encourage the recruitment and retention of these human resources. It is that set of incentives and their suitability for the difficulties in recruitment and retention that are studied throughout this investigation. To identify the suitability of the incentives, the analysis of the national incentives, together with the analysis of the French and Spanish models, is carried out, based on the motivations of enlistment and the reasons for early abandonment of this form of service provision, that allows the identification of possible improvements to be implemented, in the form of contributions that are the main result of this investigation. There are constant changes in incentives and difficulty in operationalizing some of the measures, highlighting the fact that there is a weak communication strategy. What young people are looking for and what motivates them to join the Armed Forces is the search for a path of personal and professional valorisation that will bring added value to a reintegration into the civil labour market, so those are the areas where improvements to incentives should apply.