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

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Reality Check: Climate Counts Launches World's First Science-Based Carbon Rating
Reality Check: Climate Counts Launches World's First Science-Based Carbon Rating
Published on September 23, 2013
About a 11 minute read

On Tuesday at the New Metrics of Sustainable Business Conference, Climate Counts will present initial findings of the first-ever science-based rating of corporate carbon emissions. The study, conducted by Center for Sustainable Organizations (CSO) Ex... View More

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Redefining Value: The New Metrics of Sustainable Business - The SB Community Weighs In, Part Three
Redefining Value: The New Metrics of Sustainable Business - The SB Community Weighs In, Part Three
Published on September 23, 2013
About a 7 minute read

We believe that nothing can drive faster organizational response to a changing business environment – or facilitate realignment between corporate functions or within value networks — than a shift in the metrics used to track success. ... View More

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New Animated Video Asks: 'How Much Is (Your Mother) Earth Worth?'
New Animated Video Asks: 'How Much Is (Your Mother) Earth Worth?'
Published on September 20, 2013
About a 2 minute read

Joss Tantram, partner at UK sustainability strategy firm Terrafiniti, LLP, has conceived and written a short animation on the challenges of pricing nature — comparing it to getting a good price for selling your mother. “How Much is Your Mother Ea... View More

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Redefining Value: The New Metrics of Sustainable Business - The SB Community Weighs In, Part Two
Redefining Value: The New Metrics of Sustainable Business - The SB Community Weighs In, Part Two
Published on September 19, 2013
About a 10 minute read

We believe that nothing can drive faster organizational response to a changing business environment – or facilitate realignment between corporate functions or within value networks — than a shift in the metrics used to track success. ... View More

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Redefining Value: The New Metrics of Sustainable Business - The SB Community Weighs In, Part One
Redefining Value: The New Metrics of Sustainable Business - The SB Community Weighs In, Part One
Published on September 19, 2013
About a 6 minute read

We believe that nothing can drive faster organizational response to a changing business environment – or facilitate realignment between corporate functions or within value networks – than a shift in the metrics used to track success. ... View More

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Move Over Eco-Efficiency, Here Comes Eco-Immunity - Part Two
Move Over Eco-Efficiency, Here Comes Eco-Immunity - Part Two
Published on September 17, 2013
About a 4 minute read

In part one, Mark McElroy discussed the idea behind, and the need for, eco-immunity. Here, he sheds light on how to achieve it. ... View More

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The Evolution of Social Impact Metrics: Where Math and Computer Science Meet the Humanities
The Evolution of Social Impact Metrics: Where Math and Computer Science Meet the Humanities
Published on September 16, 2013
About a 5 minute read

The usefulness of advanced data analytics — Big Data, small data and everything in between — is converging with the needs of corporate sustainability, and this is creating new opportunities for companies pursuing ambitious sustainability goals. ... View More

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Move Over Eco-Efficiency, Here Comes Eco-Immunity - Part One
Move Over Eco-Efficiency, Here Comes Eco-Immunity - Part One
Published on September 14, 2013
About a 4 minute read

For most of what passes for mainstream business today, it is still lamentably the case that profits trump sustainability, and thereby put natural resources and human well-being at risk. The only incentive for managers to do anything that even remotel... View More

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Ecosystem Services & Corporate Sustainability: Integrating the Value of Forests Into Business with REDD+
Ecosystem Services & Corporate Sustainability: Integrating the Value of Forests Into Business with REDD+
Published on September 12, 2013
About a 4 minute read

Ecosystem services — or the flows of natural capital from the environment into human economies and societies – have traditionally been thought of and treated as ‘free,’ resulting in their mismanagement and degradation. Emerging research is be... View More

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13 New Types of Data Analysis Every Business Should Consider
13 New Types of Data Analysis Every Business Should Consider
Published on September 10, 2013
About a 11 minute read

As many stakeholders — including investors, employees and consumers — begin to re-evaluate their perception of value, it is becoming imperative for companies of all industries to credibly measure, analyze and interpret the entire range of costs a... View More

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Entropic Overhead: Measuring the Circular Economy
Entropic Overhead: Measuring the Circular Economy
Published on September 9, 2013
About a 6 minute read

Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.— Charles BabbageDo you break the timer when your boiled egg is cooked?Our economy does; it is like a broken hourglass. We collect together valuable materials, apply energy ... View More

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Back to the Future: The Early Days of New Metrics (or How to Speak Your CFO's Language)
Back to the Future: The Early Days of New Metrics (or How to Speak Your CFO's Language)
Published on September 6, 2013
About a 4 minute read

Many innovators want to express the uniqueness of their pioneering breakthroughs - a new organic product, a sustainability initiative, a green-building retrofit. But these new, exciting ideas are likely emphasizing benefits that are not easily heard.... View More

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How Do We 'Hardwire' Sustainability Into Business?
How Do We 'Hardwire' Sustainability Into Business?
Published on September 3, 2013
About a 8 minute read

While there are myriad perspectives on sustainability and corporate responsibility, each with its own unique value, I often find myself focusing on sustainability’s operational aspects: What can we do to increase the pace at which belief in sustain... View More

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The True Cost of 'Cheap'
The True Cost of 'Cheap'
Published on August 29, 2013
About a 2 minute read

All businesses stay alive by being price competitive. After all, if there are no customers to pay for your product, you can’t make sales and without sales there are no revenues. In an ideal world, a business sets its pricing based on the costs it i... View More

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Big Data: The Ultimate Sustainability Job Aid at U.S. Postal Service
Big Data: The Ultimate Sustainability Job Aid at U.S. Postal Service
Published on August 23, 2013
About a 5 minute read

Advancement in big data and analytical technologies has opened up many new opportunities to support sustainability advancement in large, complex organizations. The high volume of performance data from facilities, buildings, supply chains, operations ... View More

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Sustainability Innovations Could Generate $156 Billion for UK Firms
Sustainability Innovations Could Generate $156 Billion for UK Firms
Published on August 23, 2013
About a 3 minute read

UK businesses could secure £100 billion pounds (nearly $156 billion USD) in annual productivity gains generated by innovations designed to address environmental and social challenges, according to a new report by Accenture, Business in the Community... View More

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Avila Develops New Metrics for Sustainable Event Management
Avila Develops New Metrics for Sustainable Event Management
Published on August 22, 2013
About a 4 minute read

When Avila Government Services, Inc. (Avila) decided they wanted to improve the sustainability of their meeting/event planning efforts, they turned to the latest event sustainability guidance. However, as many planners have discovered, the roughly 4... View More

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Intrinsic Value Exchange: Using Market Forces to Help Heal the Planet
Intrinsic Value Exchange: Using Market Forces to Help Heal the Planet
Published on August 20, 2013
About a 5 minute read

Our economy assigns values to just about everything except for the things that matter most. As far as the current economy is concerned, a tree holds value only if it is cut down, an animal only if it is slaughtered and a person only if they contribut... View More

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Does Your Sustainability Pitch Make Enough Sense to Your CFO?
Does Your Sustainability Pitch Make Enough Sense to Your CFO?
Published on August 20, 2013
About a 5 minute read

Many experts have observed in recent months that innovating for sustainability seems to be attracting mainstream attention, particularly at Fortune 500 companies and among forward-looking social entrepreneurs. The growth of the Sustainable Brands com... View More

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Total Energy Resource Productivity: Math Not Myth
Total Energy Resource Productivity: Math Not Myth
Published on August 16, 2013
About a 5 minute read

Open the news in the US and you hear two conflicting messages: “We are on our way to becoming energy independent using fossil fuel” and “The biggest challenge we face is getting off fossil fuel.” The inconvenient truth is that we don’t know... View More

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