MetricsSuccessful sustainability plans require establishing clear Objectives, Goals, and Metrics. This will enable a company to monitor performance, assess progress, and make adjustments to the plan as needed.
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Examples of some of the sustainability topics and associated metrics used by Food Northwest members can be found here. Practical application of planning, use of metrics, and tracking of progress, that are relevant to various sustainability topics, are discussed in the following presentations from the 2014 Sustainability Summit: “Tracking Energy Usage”, Uli Schildt, Energy Engineer, Darigold, Inc. “Energy Goal Setting and Tracking Progress to Goal”, John Thornton, CleanFuture ResourcesThe Metrics Navigator, Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI). This tool presents a thorough, six-step process to select, implement and evaluate a set of critical metrics that focus on an organization’s success. |