Incorporating the Sustainability Concept in the Major Business Excellence Models

The concept of sustainability has gained importance over the last years and organizations worldwide are trying to adapt their strategies economic, environmental, social goals in order achieve what is called corporate sustainability. Despite its organizations, there no universally accepted approach for implementing measuring Business Excellence Models (BEMs) widely used all world as a means achieving sustaining outstanding levels organizational performance by improving quality management operations, have been regarded promote sustainable development. However, they often criticized focusing more on business financial results, questioning extent which can adequately aim this paper explore adequacy latest versions three major BEMs address sustainability, analyzing criteria, core values, overall these models. Although evolved take into account growing achieved varies among them, cannot yet be considered standardized models implementation measurement. should provide an extensive list indicators, such ones described Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, if frameworks that