I recommend we start with the OECD metrics (similarly like how we use the Sustainable Development Goal class for sustainable development goals.
We need to classify them by the 3 sub-attributes identified:
- Economic Sustainability =The ability to support a defined level of economic production indefinitely. Focus on poverty, hunger, and health. In a business context this implies using assets efficiently and effectively to ensure continued profitability and re-use of raw materials.
- Environmental Sustainability = The ability to maintain rates of renewable resource harvest, pollution creation, and non-renewable resource depletion that can be continued indefinitely; Focus on the environment, natural resources, and energy. In a business context this implies reducing a companies environmental footprint, net energy consumption, and shortening supply, production and distribution networks.
- Social Sustainability = The ability to build and support healthy communities that support current and future generations; Focus on education, equality, peace, and justice. In a business context this implies enforcing basic human rights, labor rights and corporate governance.
Here are the OECD metrtics:
- Inputs###
I1. Non-renewable materials intensity
I2. Restricted substances intensity
I3. Recycled/reused content
- Operations###
O1. Water intensity
O2. Energy intensity
O3. Renewable proportion of energy
O4. Greenhouse gas intensity
O5. Residuals intensity
O6. Air releases intensity
O7. Water releases intensity
O8. Proportion of natural land
- Products###
P1. Recycled/reused content
P2. Recyclability
P3. Renewable materials content
P4. Non-renewable materials intensity
P5. Restricted substances content
P6. Energy consumption intensity
P7. Greenhouse gas emissions intensity