This framework, created by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), aims to help companies measure and assess the impact of their business activities on economic and broader development goals wherever they operate. Includes section on the business case for measuring impacts, a four-step method for assessing impacts, and an Excel-based user guide. Read more...

June 27, 2008 - Supply chain executives striving to green their operations are finding themselves most hamstrung by difficulties in justifying the cost of implementation, according to a new survey.

May 12, 2008 - Travelport, a global travel conglomerate, has created an online reporting tool that measures the carbon footprint of business trips using the internationally recognized Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

March 27, 2008 - More than half of finance executives believe sustainability can help their companies increase revenue, reduce operating costs, build shareholder value, and improve employee retention, according to a new survey from Jones Lang LaSalle. The catch? Many companies are hesitant to incorporate sustainability into financial strategy without concrete metrics for evaluating these prospective benefits.