The article by Carin Labuschagne, Alan C. Brent, and Ron P. G. van Erck addresses the need for a comprehensive framework to assess the sustainability performances of industrial operations, particularly in the manufacturing sector of developing countries like South Africa. The authors review existing integrated sustainability frameworks, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Framework, Sustainability Metrics of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, and Wuppertal Sustainability Indicators. They identify limitations in these frameworks, such as a lack of attention to social criteria and a focus primarily on environmental aspects. To address these gaps, the authors propose a new framework that evaluates sustainability across institutional, corporate social investments, economic, environmental, and social dimensions. The framework is designed to be applicable to project life cycle management in the South African process industry. Key criteria include financial health, economic performance, potential financial benefits, trading opportunities, air, water, land, and mineral and energy resources, as well as internal human resources, external population impacts, stakeholder participation, and macro-social performance. A pre-survey conducted in the South African process industry revealed that while the economic and environmental criteria were perceived as relevant, the social criteria needed further refinement. The authors suggest that a combination of monetary valuation and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) techniques can be used to integrate sustainability assessment results into decision-making practices. The overall framework aims to provide a structured approach for companies to evaluate and improve their sustainability performances, with ongoing efforts to develop specific indicators and weightings for different criteria.The article by Carin Labuschagne, Alan C. Brent, and Ron P. G. van Erck addresses the need for a comprehensive framework to assess the sustainability performances of industrial operations, particularly in the manufacturing sector of developing countries like South Africa. The authors review existing integrated sustainability frameworks, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Framework, Sustainability Metrics of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, and Wuppertal Sustainability Indicators. They identify limitations in these frameworks, such as a lack of attention to social criteria and a focus primarily on environmental aspects. To address these gaps, the authors propose a new framework that evaluates sustainability across institutional, corporate social investments, economic, environmental, and social dimensions. The framework is designed to be applicable to project life cycle management in the South African process industry. Key criteria include financial health, economic performance, potential financial benefits, trading opportunities, air, water, land, and mineral and energy resources, as well as internal human resources, external population impacts, stakeholder participation, and macro-social performance. A pre-survey conducted in the South African process industry revealed that while the economic and environmental criteria were perceived as relevant, the social criteria needed further refinement. The authors suggest that a combination of monetary valuation and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) techniques can be used to integrate sustainability assessment results into decision-making practices. The overall framework aims to provide a structured approach for companies to evaluate and improve their sustainability performances, with ongoing efforts to develop specific indicators and weightings for different criteria.