5.6 Define clear organizational sustainability goals and metrics
Business Strategy And Product Management
Publish a set of sustainability goals that can be used to track progress over a period of time.
Criteria
- Sustainability goals: Machine-testable
Define and publish a clear set of sustainability goals. Publicly communicate how these goals can be met, including which performance metrics can be measured to help the organization and its various affected parties act more sustainably.- 13 SMART Goals Examples for Environmental Sustainability
- 20 Strategies For Balancing Business Sustainability With Profitability
- Align business models with sustainability goals
- B Corperation Standards
- Corporate Digital Responsibility
- Corporate Digital Responsibility (PDF)
- Corporate Digital Responsibility Manifesto
- Creating A Modern Organizational Sustainability Strategy
- Evolving Sustainable Business Models Through Digital Ecology and Transformation
- Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
- Opquast Web Quality Assurance Checklist
- Science Based Targets
- Set environmental OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)
- United Nations Global Impact
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 7 – Sustainable Energy
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 8 – Economics & Work
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 16 – Sustainable Society
- What is Corporate Digital Responsibility?
- Why is CDR Important for Business?
Benefits
- Economic
Aligning with existing standards or frameworks makes it easier for organizations to include digital impact in their overall sustainability reporting. - Environment
Setting, measuring, and communicating clear sustainability goals aligns an organization’s impact aspirations with ongoing efforts to meet these goals. - Transparency
Helping affected parties such as employees, clients, and partners to better understand how the organization creates shared value in its various sustainability policies and programs.
GRI
- Materials: Low
- Energy: Low
- Water: Low
- Emissions: Low