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Sustainability of a culture (human system) within its resources and environment; Sustainability of a specific stream of benefits or productivity (usually just an economic measure); and; Sustainability of a particular institution or project without additional assistance (institutionalization of an input).
A follow-up study compared the performance of four SRI indices (Domini 400 Social Index, Calvert Social Index, Citizen's Index and Dow Jones Sustainability Indices US Index) with the S&P 500 index between 1990 and 2004 and found that returns on the SRI indices exceeded returns on S&P 500 even though they were not statistically significant. [86]
Recently, businesses and financial actors claiming sustainability have raised doubts. Greenwashing is a dishonest practice where financial market participants falsely claim sustainability, risking damage to their reputation and potential legal consequences. It can be achieved under different forms such as a mix of despicable environmental ...
The needs for sustainability measurement include improvement in the operations, benchmarking performances, tracking progress, and evaluating process, among others. [12] For the purposes of building sustainability indicators, frameworks can be developed and the steps are as follows: [13] Defining the system- A proper and definite system is ...
Research for the indices is supported by the Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS). [3] The index excludes companies due to their involvement in tobacco production, weapons, or coal power industry and rates companies for inclusion based environmental sustainability , relationships with stakeholders, attitudes to human rights, supply ...
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) launched in 1999, are a family of indices evaluating the sustainability performance of thousands of companies trading publicly, operated under a strategic partnership between S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM (Sustainable Asset Management) [1] of the S&P Dow Jones Indices. They are the longest ...
The Sustainable Society Index (SSI) shows the level of sustainability of 213 assessed countries. It shows in a simple way the distance to full sustainability for each of the 21 indicators that build up the SSI. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Sustainability metrics and indices" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .