@article{article_1665486, title={RANKING OF GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS ACCORDING TO CEMENT INDUSTRY SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE CRITERIA WITH MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING METHODS}, journal={Endüstri Mühendisliği}, volume={36}, pages={65–85}, year={2025}, DOI={10.46465/endustrimuhendisligi.1665486}, author={Toktaş, Pelin}, keywords={Çimento endüstrisi, sürdürülebilirlik, performans göstergeleri, çok kriterli karar verme, Entropi, ARAS}, abstract={The cement production process uses non-renewable resources to convert large amounts of raw materials into finished products. In this process, high energy use causes high CO_2 emissions. The aim of this study is to rank geographical regions according to selected sustainability performance indicators regarding gray and white cement production, using Getting Numbers Right (GNR) 2018 data. Eleven different geographical regions are included in the reports published by GNR. In the ranking of these countries, total cement production volume, total gross CO_2 emission amount, gross CO_2 emission amount excluding CO_2 resulting from on-site electricity production, total net CO_2 emission amount excluding CO_2 resulting from on-site electricity production, total external power consumption for cement production, total alternative fossil fuels, and the sustainability performance criteria of the mixed fuel consumption amount and the total biomass fuel amount were taken into account. In this problem, MCDM methods were used since the geographical regions would be ranked according to the determined performance criteria. In the proposed integrated approach, entropy was used to determine the weights of the performance criteria, and the Additive Ratio Assessment (ARAS) method was used to rank the geographical regions. As a result of the study, the first three places were Brazil, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and North America, and the resulting ranking was discussed. It has been determined that the proposed integrated approach is an easy-to-implement and effective method to obtain the sustainability performance ranking of geographical regions.}, number={1}, publisher={TMMOB Makina Mühendisleri Odası}