Review of combined approaches and multi-criteria analysis for corporate environmental evaluation

It was concluded that multi-criteria analysis would benefit from the previous application of standardized methodologies as those proposed in this review to derive criteria. Hence, the most relevant environmental burdens and their severity would be identified and characterized in a previous step, helping to reduce the complexity of the decision-making problem and the possibility of duplicating effects. The scientific basis would be enhanced, making the selection of criteria and establishment of weights less arbitrary.