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An Expert System to Evaluate the Impacts of Health, Safety, and Environment System Implementation on Firms' Financial Performance Using Analytic Network Process and Promethee Techniques

Abstract

Sustainability involves balancing the environment, equity, and economy, with a focus on the green or low-carbon economy. Four strategic targets for a green economy encompass green management, green production, green lifestyle, and green technologies. Adopting a green economy poses challenges for companies, necessitating innovative systems like green supply chain management, smart homes, and health-safety-environment systems. Companies' concern about financial effectiveness drives the need for investments in these systems, as financial performance is critical for survival and growth. This study investigates the influence of health-safety-environment practices on a firm's financial performance. By determining key health-safety-environment indicators and financial metrics, the research gathered insights through 97 questionnaires, which were completed by experts from four Iranian companies. The collected data was analyzed employing the analytic network process and Promethee techniques, enabling a robust evaluation of the relationship between HSE practices and financial performance. Finally, an expert system was designed based on decision matrices to provide suitable financial indicators derived from HSE data. Linking HSE practices to financial performance enhances overall effectiveness and sustainability, guiding businesses in making informed decisions while respecting growth, success, environmental issues, and finally low carbon economy.   Received: 27 July 2023 | Revised: 25 September 2023 | Accepted: 13 October 2023   Conflicts of Interest The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work.   Data Availability Statement Data available on request from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.   Author Contribution Statement Ali Asghar Anvary Rostamy: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project administration, Funding acquisition. Ali Rajabzadeh Ghatari: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation.

Authors

Anvary Rostamy AA; Ghatari AR

Journal

Green and Low-Carbon Economy, , ,

Publisher

BON VIEW PUBLISHING PTE

Publication Date

October 18, 2023

DOI

10.47852/bonviewglce32021448

ISSN

2972-3787
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