Application of a fuzzy hierarchical model to the assessment of corporate social and environmental sustainabilityApplication of a fuzzy hierarchical model to the assessment of corporate social and environmental sustainability Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές 2015-11-072011enCorporate responsibility has many facets. A corporation should organize its operations so that its environmental impact is minimal, its economic state is viable, labor conditions are good, and compliance with laws and regulations is satisfactory, among others. Corporate responsibility is intimately connected to corporate sustainability which expresses the economic, environmental, and social standing of a company. A responsible corporation embraces the principle of transparency of data pertaining to its performance and its policies and strives for strategies that enhance its sustainability. A model is presented that uses hierarchical fuzzy reasoning to assess corporate sustainability, given a number of inputs, called basic indicators. Inputs are normalized according to their sustainability status and then combined to obtain a sustainability index on [0, 1] for each facet of the corporation. A sensitivity analysis pinpoints the most important indicators affecting sustainability. Two case studies of multinational cement companies are presented in detail. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management418209-219 Kouikoglou Vasilis Κουϊκογλου Βασιλης Yannis Phillis Φιλλης Ιωαννης John Wiley and Sons Business--Social responsibility Corporate accountability Corporate responsibility Corporate social responsibility Corporations--Social responsibility CSR (Corporate social responsibility) Industries--Social responsibility Social responsibility, Corporate Social responsibility of industry social responsibility of business business social responsibility corporate accountability corporate responsibility corporate social responsibility corporations social responsibility csr corporate social responsibility industries social responsibility social responsibility corporate social responsibility of industry