What sustainability topic do both investors and accountants get excited about? Impact assessment. Driven by thought leaders and a genuine need to finally measure the impact of corporate sustainability ...

Measurement & Evaluation Why Taking a Step Back From Social Impact Assessment Can Lead to Better Results Before diving into measurement, organizations must establish awareness of and readiness for ...

Ecology and Society, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Mar 2011) (8 pages) ABSTRACT. Ex ante impact assessment can help in structuring the analysis of human-environment interactions thereby supporting land use decision ...

Rigorous assessment takes time, effort and resources. For example, detecting threatened species— one of the main things EIAs are supposed to do — is technically challenging and expensive. Limiting ...

By Enyonam BAETA In an era where consumers and investors demand more than just profits, a global movement is reshaping how ...

Fashion’s environmental impacts are often calculated (and communicated) through Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs). LCAs assess the impact of goods or services, typically from cradle (raw materials ...

For example, the cost of national impact assessment in the United Kingdom (described in detail below) was £55 M, although this a relatively low transaction cost compared to the funding allocated ...

For example, your HR director might be concerned about a long-term labor shortage and/or rising wages. You can ask her to conduct an impact study on higher labor costs, which would have a ripple ...