Deep Reporting
Figure 2.1 Sustainability performance scales.
Source: McElroy, 2008
Scores of > 1.0
Are Unsustainable
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Environmental metrics
(i.e., impacts on
natural capital)
Scores of < 1.0
are Sustainable
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(i.e., impacts on anthro
captial)
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Scores of < 1.0
are Unsustainable
Scores of > 1.0
Are Sustainable
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Figure 2.1 Context-based sustainability metrics.
Source: McElroy, 2008
Sustainability
Performance*
A measure of impact
on a vital capital
=
A standard or norm for what the impact
on the same vital capital should be
in order to ensure stakesholder well0-being
(i.e., for the impact to be sustainable)
* Where
• For impacts on natural capital, quoitient scores
of < 1.0 = sustainable, > 1.0 = unsustainable
• For impacts of human social or constructed capital quotient
scores of > 1.0 are sustainable, < 1.0 are unsustainable
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