Development of a New Composite Index for Measuring the Sustainability Performance of Manufacturing Companies Operating in the BIST Sustainability Index

The number of studies on sustainability assessment tools and models has increased in the last two decades. Composite Indexes (CIs) have become popular as a useful tool for assessing business level to compare companies operating same sector. Limited covered all three dimensions (economic, environmental, social) an integrated manner Turkey. This paper aims measure evaluate Corporate Sustainability (CS) performances ten manufacturing Istanbul Stock Exchange Market. For this purpose, new composite index was developed by using previous indexes literature. model provides practical organizations sector Turkey measuring evaluating their holistic way. By analytical hierarchy process (AHP), levels were assessed short time. allows managers make comparisons among within results further indicated that economic dimension score analyzed had weighty salient effect total corporate performance score. finding contributes literature is predominantly effective businesses.