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Measurement Issues in Sustainability

Measurement Issues in Sustainability. Sustainable development measurement . Corporations annually provide sustainability reports on their Economic Environmental Social Governance p erformances t o the stakeholders, government, NGOs and the public local authorities.

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Measurement Issues in Sustainability

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  1. Measurement Issues in Sustainability

  2. Sustainable development measurement Corporations annually provide sustainability reports on their • Economic • Environmental • Social • Governance performances to the stakeholders, government, NGOs and the public local authorities.

  3. Sustainable Performance Measurement • GRI’s sustainable reporting framework • Benchmarks • Audits • Indexes • ISO guidelines http://sapiens.revues.org/166

  4. Benefits from good Indicators • Better decision-making, lower risks and costs, identify limits and opportunities • Identification of emerging risks – prevention • Identification of impacts - corrective action • Performance measurement of the implementation of development plans and management actions • Greater public accountability, better communication • Constant monitoring - continuous improvement

  5. Measurement Issues • Data availability (capacity to collect and process) • Credibility of the information • Clarity and understandability to users • Comparability - No agreement on calculation method for specific measurements of energy use and waste.

  6. Measurement Issues • Difficult to include resources with no market value e.g. clean air, wildlife. • Corporations do not know what to set as standard benchmarks to assure the government and stakeholders. • OECD countries have adopted different types of frameworks • There are numerous environmental variables where the externalities are not linear.

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