ABSTRACT
Safety is often not presented in the sustainability literature as a key
sustainability criterion. However, safety is indisputably of vital importance in
judging the social merits of a process technology, plant, product, or industry.
This is because of the potential threat to life, health, or well-being not only
of employees, but also of resident communities near factories and users of
industrial products. In conventional sustainability terminology, these three
social groups are key stakeholders.
