Measuring Your Success with Sustainability

eco-officiency — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:00:31 +0000

As companies start sustainability initiatives, how will they know they are successful? One of the ways is to develop a metrics plan to measure the improvement. The complexity comes in what data do you track and measure. Data is not always available and/or time consuming to collect, track and maintain for limited staff resources.

Here are some options to consider in three of the more common areas for companies:

Energy

% of total KWH energy reductions (via utility bill)
# of energy star equipment or appliances purchased or used

Purchasing and Supply Chain

% of recycled or post-consumer waste products purchased
% of local based products or vendors used
% of revenue of total purchases used with sustainable vendors
# of vendors who ‘sustainable’

Transportation

# of bus passes (used and/or purchased)
# of miles driven to and from work for all staff
% of products purchased within (# of miles) of company location
# of employees who use alternative transportation (days per year)

For more information, the International Sustainability Indicators is an organization that provides information to measure progress toward sustainability for communities and companies.

State of Green Business 2009

eco-officiency — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:08:12 +0000

Greenbiz.com has released its second report for 2009 on the State of Green Business. A great overview of various business sustainability sectors. It reviews various measures, best practices and successes of companies and the area in general. Could provide for some companies good baseline targets, metrics and goals to reach in the coming year.

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Measuring Your Success with Sustainability

State of Green Business 2009