Sustainable Measures

by Bennett, Martin; James, Peter; Klinkers, Leon

• ISBN13: 9781874719168
• ISBN10: 1874719160
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Greenleaf Pubns

Summary

Environmental and social performance measurement and reporting by business has become a high-profile issue during the 1990s. It is increasingly being requested by stakeholders and required by governments. Companies too are finding that they need better environmental and social performance data for effective internal management. And there are a growing number of standardisation initiatives - such as the ISO 14031 guidelines on environmental performance evaluation or the CERES Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) template for sustainability reporting - that are aimed at making it easier for more companies to take action, and for stakeholders to compare their progress.
Sustainable Measures collects together most of the key work and individuals concerned with the topic from around the world.

Table of Contents

Forewords	p. 7
Introduction	p. 17
Key Themes in Environmental, Social and Sustainability Performance Evaluation and Reporting	p. 29
Evaluating Environmental Performance
ISO 14031 and the Future of Environmental Performance Evaluation	p. 76
An Environmental Performance Measurement Framework for Business	p. 98
Standardisation: The Next Chapter in Corporate Environmental Performance Evaluation and Reporting	p. 117
Information Systems for Corporate Environmental Management Accounting and Performance Measurement	p. 132
Ecobalancing in Austria: Its Use in SMEs and for Benchmarking	p. 151
Ecobalance Analysis as a Managerial Tool at Kunert AG	p. 170
Environmental Performance Evaluation and Reporting in Developing Countries: The Case of Indonesia's Programme for Pollution Control, Evaluation and Rating (PROPER)	p. 185
Evaluating Corporate Environmental Performance in Developing Countries: TERI's Eco-Rating System	p. 202
Measuring and Benchmarking Environmental Performance in the Electric Utility Sector: The Experience of Niagara Mohawk	p. 221
A Weighted Environmental Indicator at Unox: An Advance towards Sustainable Development?	p. 246
The Evolution of Integrated Environmental Performance Evaluation and Reporting at Baxter International	p. 253
Evaluating the Whole-Life Environmental Performance of Products: A Comparison of Eco-Points, Eco-Compass and Eco-Costing Approaches	p. 283
Reporting Environmental Performance
Towards a Generally Accepted Framework for Environmental Reporting	p. 314
A Survey of Company Environmental Reporting: The 1997 Third International Benchmark Survey	p. 330
Statutory Environmental Reporting in Denmark: Status and Challenges	p. 344
Reaching Consensus on the Implementation of Good Practice in Environmental Reporting: A Dutch NGO's Perspective	p. 353
Environmental Reporting in Japan: Current Status and Implications of ISO 14001 and a Pollutant Release Inventory	p. 365
South African Corporate Environmental Reporting: Contrasts with the Experience in Developed Countries	p. 377
The Relationship between Company Environmental Reports and their Environmental Performance: A Study of the UK Water Industry	p. 392
Internet-Based Environmental Reporting: Key Components	p. 412
Sustainable Industrial Development: Benchmarking Environmental Policies and Reports	p. 426
Social and Sustainability Performance Evaluation and Reporting
Sustainability Reporting Guidelines: Exposure Draft for Public Comment and Pilot-Testing	p. 440
Signs of Sustainability: Measuring Corporate Environmental and Social Performance	p. 475
Socially Challenged: Trends in Social Reporting	p. 496
Social Reporting: Developing Theory and Current Practice	p. 509
A New Deal for Sustainable Development in Business: Taking the Social Dimension Seriously at The Body Shop	p. 529
Bibliography	p. 551
Biographies	p. 569
Index	p. 575
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