@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/13021,
	  title     = {Identification of the Key Sustainability Issues to Develop New Decision Support Tools in the Spanish Furniture Sector},
	  author    = { P.Cordero and  R.Poler and  R.Sanchis},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {The environmental impacts caused by the current production and consumption models, together with the impact that the current economic crisis, bring necessary changes in the European industry toward new business models based on sustainability issues that could allow them to innovate and improve their competitiveness. This paper analyzes the key environmental issues and the current and future market trends in one of the most important industrial sectors in Spain, the furniture sector. It also proposes new decision support tools -diagnostic kit, roadmap and guidelines- to guide companies to implement sustainability criteria into their organizations, including eco-design strategies and other economical and social strategies in accordance with the sustainability definition, and other available tools such as eco-labels, environmental management systems, etc., and to use and combine them to obtain the results the company expects to help improve its competitiveness.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering},
	  volume    = {4},
	  number    = {6},
	  year      = {2010},
	  pages     = {1507 - 1519},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/13021},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/42},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 42, 2010},
	}