Amirkabir University of Technology Amirkabir Journal of Civil Engineering 2588-297X 53 12 2022 02 20 Ranking Iranian provinces in terms of the environmental performance of industries with a developed decision-making approach Ranking Iranian provinces in terms of the environmental performance of industries with a developed decision-making approach 5483 5502 4300 10.22060/ceej.2021.18852.6984 FA Rahim Dabbagh Urmia University of Technology 0000-0003-2888-3928 Saber Agapoor Master of Industrial Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran. Ashkan Nokhodchi Master, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Khajeh Nasir al-Din al-Tusi University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2020 08 12 <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Nowadays, environmental management with the aim of preserving the environment has become a crucial matter to industries. Rising global concerns about the negative effects of industrial activities have led to a variety of changes in governments' policies and strategies to improve environmental performance. Hence, studying the environmental performance of industries is an important task. This study evaluates and ranks the Iranian provinces in terms of environmental performance of industries, in various dimensions. This research defines a multidimensional set of environmentally friendly manufacturing criteria by examining the various aspects of industrial activities impacts on the environment and also with the assistance of experts’ guidance for evaluating the industries at the provincial level. Then, we use a combined approach based on decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory technique and analytic network process (DANP) method to calculate the interactions between the research criteria and sub-criteria along with their influential weights. In the end, we utilize the additive ratio assessment (ARAS) technique to obtain relative utility coefficients (closeness coefficients) and ranking the provinces. Generally, this study concludes that industries in northwestern and southwestern provinces of Iran are more environmentally friendly than other provinces. In this evaluation, Bushehr, North Khorasan and Khuzestan provinces were ranked first to third with their relative utility coefficients of 0.488, 0.412 and 0.401, respectively.</span> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Nowadays, environmental management with the aim of preserving the environment has become a crucial matter to industries. Rising global concerns about the negative effects of industrial activities have led to a variety of changes in governments' policies and strategies to improve environmental performance. Hence, studying the environmental performance of industries is an important task. This study evaluates and ranks the Iranian provinces in terms of environmental performance of industries, in various dimensions. This research defines a multidimensional set of environmentally friendly manufacturing criteria by examining the various aspects of industrial activities impacts on the environment and also with the assistance of experts’ guidance for evaluating the industries at the provincial level. Then, we use a combined approach based on decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory technique and analytic network process (DANP) method to calculate the interactions between the research criteria and sub-criteria along with their influential weights. In the end, we utilize the additive ratio assessment (ARAS) technique to obtain relative utility coefficients (closeness coefficients) and ranking the provinces. Generally, this study concludes that industries in northwestern and southwestern provinces of Iran are more environmentally friendly than other provinces. In this evaluation, Bushehr, North Khorasan and Khuzestan provinces were ranked first to third with their relative utility coefficients of 0.488, 0.412 and 0.401, respectively.</span> https://ceej.aut.ac.ir/article_4300_acf666483bc8723fae7feda6f6a9cb7a.pdf