New Metrics
The new and evolving metrics that are helping expand the way businesses create, quantify, manage and report their impacts – and the value they deliver
BASF Evaluating Entire Product Portfolio for Sustainability
In order to better help its customers align environmental and societal considerations with business success, BASF has developed a new process for steering its portfolio based on sustainability criteria. Launched today, the Sustainable Solution Steeri... View More
Report: Carbon Credits Bring $664 a Ton of Additional Benefits to Local Communities
Offsetting one ton of carbon dioxide brings an additional $664 in benefits to the communities where carbon reduction projects are based, according to new research by Imperial College London and the International Carbon Reduction and Offsetting Allian... View More
New Rating Helps Apartment Buildings Save Water & Energy
WegoWise, a building intelligence provider, has launched a new rating for apartment building energy efficiency performance.WegoScore is a simple numerical assessment that provides a clear snapshot of a building’s utility usage, enabling property ow... View More
Unsubscribe: Stakeholder Dialogue ... Subscribe: Stakeholder Collaboration
This is the fourth and final installment of a series covering crucial sustainability reporting issues on materiality, sustainability context, comparability and stakeholder inclusiveness. ... View More
Unlocking the Potential of Social Capital Value
I’ve always been fascinated with social behavior. Why do people react differently when confronted with a certain situation, a new idea, or information that challenges existing beliefs? Why are some resistant to change, while others are inspired by ... View More
How Itaú Asset Management Is Driving Integration of ESG Criteria into Fundamental Equity Valuation
Is the investor community of the world’s most advanced economies informed, engaged and excited enough to make significant progress on building sustainable investment portfolios? How likely is that and how could it be done?The answers remain largely... View More
12 Industry Leaders Unveil Methodology for Assessing Social Impacts of Products
A group of companies united in the Roundtable for Product Social Metrics today announces the publication of the Handbook for Product Social Impact Assessment, a practical tool for assessing a product’s social impacts throughout its life cycle. The ... View More
7 Reasons Companies Need Natural Asset Portfolios
Why, after over a decade of progress, are customers, shareholders and employees still skeptical about corporate sustainability programs? Here are seven reasons why brands need to begin building natural asset portfolios in order to change this:#1 Ever... View More
Comparability of Sustainability Information — Slaughtered on the Altar of Materiality?
This is the third in a four-part series by Ralph Thurm and Nick De Ruiter examining Sustainability Context. ... View More
Global Shipping CO2 Emissions Dropping Each Year, 8% Between 2012 and 2013
Average carbon-dioxide emissions for a majority of global ocean container transports have declined year on year, and by nearly 8 percent between 2012 and 2013, according to a new report by BSR.The BSR Clean Cargo Working Group’s 2014 Global Maritim... View More
Linking Carbon-Reduction Targets to Economic Value Added: Making Sense of Science
Towards ‘climate-stabilizing’ corporate carbon-reduction targetsAlthough setting corporate carbon-reduction targets is nowadays commonplace, many targets are grounded in ‘guestimates’ of what seems reasonably achievable or at least looks reas... View More
Can There Be Meaningful Integrated Reporting? (Part 2 of 2)
In part one, Mark McElroy examined three types of integrated report structures, as identified by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), along with their limitations. Here, he explores a new methodology that puts stakeholder primacy front and center i... View More
Can There Be Meaningful Integrated Reporting? (Part 1 of 2)
Last year, prior to the release of the IIRC’s Integrated Reporting (<IR>) framework, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) published an interesting report on integrated reporting trends between 2010 and 2012. Over 750 self-declared integrated... View More
UPS Increases Deliveries, Still Meets Carbon-Intensity Reduction Goal Three Years Early
UPS has met its 2016 goal of reducing its air and ground fleet's carbon intensity by 10 percent three years early, and has set a new goal to achieve a 20 percent reduction in carbon intensity from transportation by 2020, according to the company’s ... View More
The Mindset Gap in Addressing Sustainability Context
This is the third in a four-part series by Ralph Thurm and Nick De Ruiter examining Sustainability Context. ... View More
United Airlines Launches Tool to Help Customers Offset Carbon Footprint
United Airlines has announced the launch of a new business tool for corporate cargo customers to track and offset the emissions associated with their air freight accounts.Carbon Choice allows cargo customers with large-scale, regular shipments to rec... View More
How to Make (Sustainability) Data Work for You
In the business world we are inundated with data on a daily basis: from bill of materials, formulations, and purchasing records to customer transactions, production volumes and utility bills. The amount of data available for use within organizations ... View More
The Sudden Materiality Shock
This is the first in a four-part series by Ralph Thurm and Nick De Ruiter examining Sustainability Context.Spring 2014 seems to be the moment in time where Materiality suddenly appeared on the screen of corporate sustainability reporters. At least on... View More
Natural Capital Protocol Will Demystify Business Value of Nature
The Natural Capital Coalition (NCC) announced this week its selection of two consortia to develop what will be known as the Natural Capital Protocol. ... View More
SABMiller Aims to Help the World ‘Prosper’ with New 2020 Goals
SABMiller has set new 2020 targets for its sustainable development programs. The new program, called Prosper, focuses on supporting the role small businesses play in generating economic growth and reducing poverty around the world. The world’s seco... View More
