How to compare companies on relevant dimensions of sustainability

Krajnc, Damjan; Glavič, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.011

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“…ISO 31 was used as a guide to terms used in names and symbols for (physical) quantities (ISO, 1993). The procedure of calculating the CSDI is divided into several parts, which are presented in Figure 6 (Krajnc and Glavic, 2005a) and Figure 7 (Krajnc and Glavic, 2005b). At first, the proper indicators are selected in the economic, environmental, and social group of indicators according to the main aspects of sustainability (economic, j = 1; environmental, j = 2; and social group of indicators, j = 3) is determined.…”

Section: Methodology 231 Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Model for Incorporated Measurement of Sustainable Development Comprising Remote Sensing Data and Using the Concept of Biodiversity

Petrosyan¹

2010

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The central point of the paper is on concern of how to utilize indicators to observe sustainable development in an applicable and valuable way. The aim of the work was to propose a model for achieving a composite sustainable development index using the concept of Biodiversity in order to track incorporated information on social, economic and environmental dimension of the municipality with time periods, according to: 1) Social (Population); 2) Economic (Agriculture, Tourism, Agricultural Goods and Industry); 3) Environmental (output of remote sensing data using Fragstat software). An attractive approach is suggested for the environmental dimension. The calculated metrics become an input to the model like Environmental Indicators. In addition, the concepts of Biodiversity are kept for Environmental Indicators in the following way: Ecosystem = Landscape Level and Species = Class Level. Finally, the results, discussions and conclusions are provided for each existing theme, each dimension and CSDI.

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Section: Methodology 231 Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Model for Incorporated Measurement of Sustainable Development Comprising Remote Sensing Data and Using the Concept of Biodiversity

Petrosyan¹

2010

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“…Consequently, without having any aggregation, a set of indicators is difficult to interpret, cannot present a concise general overview of system behaviour, and is not valuable for decision-making purposes (Kemmler & Spreng, 2007). To handle this problem, some sustainability assessment tools had been calculated the combined effect by selecting a small set of a few lead indicators and combine them in the form of a general index of sustainability (Afgan, Pilavachi, & Carvalho, 2007;Krajnc & Glavic, 2005). However, the indices were usually not accurate or thorough enough and definitely not extent to measure revenue or benefit side of sustainability.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Sustainable Development Index (CSDI) (Krajnc & Glavic, 2005).  Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) (Moneva, et al 2006).…”

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Advancing Sustainable Income Accounting: An Australian Case Study

Taleb¹

2016

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This paper is an exploration of the sustainability accounting literature to investigate the variety of accounting measurement instruments/tools/methodologies applied to achieve business sustainability and whether there is a real practical concern and application by companies toward the revenue side of sustainability, as well as, cost side. The research present a classification of different implemented sustainable accounting tools to measure corporate environmental and social costs due to the limitation of tools that implemented to measure corporate environmental and social revenues. Therefore, the paper adopts an Australian textile case study to investigate and analysis reality in practice. The outcome of the case study indicates that the companies may use the implemented sustainable accounting tools which are commonly applied to measure cost side of sustainability to measure, as well, revenue side, although the majority of the business sustainability literature focuses mainly on the cost side and how to measure it.

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“…In academia, the trend is to use a modular approach by applying the three components of sustainability -economics, environment, and society -to direct the assessment and reporting process. (Tahir and Darton 2010;Singh et al 2009;Krajnc and Glavič 2005b;Azapagic 2004;Azapagic 2003;Azapagic and Perdan 2000) Generally, the overall goal is to establish a common process by which the state of sustainability within business will be easier to understand, both internally and by external stakeholders.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…GRI is based on sustainability principles and includes standard disclosures on management approaches to sustainability in terms of environmental, economic, and social impacts. (GRI 2002b;Fonseca et al 2012;Tahir and Darton 2010;Krajnc and Glavič 2005b) GRI is designed to lend itself to the financial and administrative make-up of the organization, including areas already reported on to minimize overburden.…”

Section: Assessment and Reporting Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%