It should come as no surprise that Meehan believes that good quality data can change the world, given he has spent many years running metrics-based businesses in the US and Europe that focussed on everything from sustainability management systems to supply chain technologies.
However, it is important to distinguish isolated CSR cause-related marketing campaigns from the more systematic and widespread changes occurring within the business communities as sustainability-related initiatives (e.g., carbon reporting, ethical workplace management systems certifications, sustainability management systems assurances) take hold.
Allen (2016) discusses many of these in terms of their importance to environmental sustainability including the Global Reporting Initiative (environmental reporting), the Carbon Disclosure Project (environmental reporting directed to the investment community), ethical workplace management systems certifications (SA8000), and sustainability management systems assurance (AA1000S).
In response, companies have designed environmental and social policies, implemented sustainability management systems, and put structures in place to monitor these issues up to the level of the board.
Therefore, a holistic consideration of sustainability in management systems was neglected.
It is supported by a web platform to enable visualisations of benchmarking results for a range of audiences, including policy makers and service providers [49] Sustainability index for Urban Water Management System The sustainability index can be seen as a precursor to the aforementioned City Blue Print.
In contrast, managers in countries with a culture of a high level of uncertainty avoidance can be regarded as introducing necessary sustainability management tools and systems to avoid risks and uncertainties to placate the 'emotional' need for rules (Davis 2014).
Therefore, as part of a broader effort to examine ecological sustainability of an intercropping management system, we investigated whether intercropping switchgrass in intensively managed loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) stands affected rodent community structure and population demographics in a managed forest landscape.
According to the context of each case, the level of decentralisation may be a critical issue to achieving sustainability of a wastewater management system.
It is clear that the integration of other factors is still required in order to improve the sustainability of the MSW management system.
