Sustainability accounting

Sustainability accounting

Sustainability accounting (also sometimes called sustainability metrics or sustainable development indicators) is a general term for the variety of measurements used as a quantitative basis for the informed management of environmental, social and economic sustainability. [ Schaltegger,S. , Bennett, M. & Burritt, R. (eds) 2006. "Sustainability Accounting and Reporting". Springer ISBN 9781402049736 ] [ Lamberton, G. 2005. Sustainability accounting—a brief history and conceptual framework. Accounting Forum. "Science Direct" 29 (1): 7-26. ] []

:Air Quality Index:Biodiversity Intactness Index:City Development Index:Corruption Perceptions Index:Domestic Extraction Index:Dow Jones Sustainability Index:Ecological Footprint index:Ecosystem Wellbeing Index:Environmental Performance Index:Environmental Sustainability Index:Environmental Vulnerability Index:Genuine Progress Indicator:Geobiosphere Load Index (GBLoad Index):Gross National Product:Growth Competitiveness Index:Human Development Index:Human Wellbeing Index:Index of Biotic Integrity
Index of Economic Well-Being

Index of Environmental Friendliness

Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare

Living Planet Index

Natural Capital Index

Pressure Index

Total Pressure Index

Wellbeing Index

Wilderness Index

* metrics Many environmental problems ultimately relate to the human effect on those global biogeochemical cycles that are critical to life. Over the last decade moniting these cycles has become a more urgent target for research: ::* water cycle ::* carbon cycle ::* phosphorus cycle::* nitrogen cycle ::* sulphur cycle::* oxygen cycle

* auditing:Sustainability auditing and reporting are used to evaluate the sustainability performance of a company, organization, or other entity using various performance indicators. Popular auditing procedures available at the global level include:

:* AA 1000 [cite web |url=http://www.accountability21.net/publications.aspx?id=288 |title= AA1000 Assurance Standard |publisher=AccountAbility |accessdate=2008-06-24] :* ISO 14000 :* ISO 14031:* Natural Step:* Sigma Project [cite web |url=http://www.projectsigma.co.uk |title= SIGMA - Putting Sustainability into Practice |publisher=The SIGMA Project |accessdate=2008-06-24] :* Triple Bottom Line Accounting

* reporting
** Global Reporting Initiative Global Reporting Initiative modelling and monitoring procedures. [cite web |url=http://www.globalreporting.org/Home |title=Global Reporting Initiative |publisher=Global Reporting Initiative |accessdate=2008-06-18] [ cite web |url=http://www.epeat.net/Docs/GRI_guidelines.pdf |title=Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines 2002 |accessdate=2008-06-18] [cite web |url=http://www.enviroreporting.com/detail_page.phtml?page=resource2 |title=International Corporate Sustainability Reporting |accessdate=2008-06-18] Many of these have only just been developed.
** State of the Environment reporting provides general background information on the environment and is progressively including more indicators.

ee also

* ecological indicator
* environmental audits
* glossary of environmental science
* list of environmental organisations
* social accounting
* list of sustainability topics
* sustainability governance
* sustainability metrics and indices
* sustainability science
* environmental accounting

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