Implementing a sustainable business strategy entails assessment of corporate sustainability. In this communication, the Enterprise Sustainability Evaluation Tool (E-SET) is presented and its importance is illustrated. E-SET was developed using the indicators from six global sustainability reporting frameworks and the programming language R. The platform, which can be used for self-assessment and comparison purposes, will provide a comprehensible sustainability score and its graphical representation. Although different sector-specific indicators are proposed in existing literature, E-SET, which is intended to promote sustainability in business practices, incorporates indicators relevant to the three pillars of sustainability. The free and easy tool is expected to help managers of all industries assess their companies, and, based on the results, they would be able to judge their sustainability standing and take remedial steps founded upon the low-scoring sustainability elements. Wider adoption of E-SET will help firms to contribute significantly to national sustainability goals.commitments in an organisation [9]. There are platforms developed by independent parties; for example, Sustainalytics provides environmental, social, and governance ratings [10]. Unfortunately, their services are expensive and hence inaccessible to small firms. These arguments and the multitude of academic literature that proposes suitable indicators for different sectors [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] indicate that there is no widely-accepted tool for corporate sustainability assessment. Prior studies provide insights from different perspectives regarding sustainability indicators [7,18] and measurements [11,[14][15][16][17]. However, these methodologies have several limitations, and hence there is a lack of a universal and widely-accepted corporate sustainability assessment tool. This is a major impediment for understanding businesses' contribution to national sustainable development [5].This communication aims to present the Enterprise Sustainability Evaluation Tool (E-SET), which incorporates social, environmental, and economic assessment. The purpose of this study was to develop a free and easy tool to evaluate the sustainability of firms. Even though E-SET is not a platform that has been mandated by any government or association, the tool enables managers to gain knowledge regarding their firm's sustainability and the topic of sustainability as a whole, and then take remedial actions to improve the sustainability strategy. The top-down approach to sustainability leads to effective implementation of sustainability policies within companies [19]. Dependable results are expected in such circumstances. Honest and reliable input provided by company representatives will improve the firm's sustainable business strategy if they compare their current sustainability score with (a) past evaluations, (b) future goals, and (c) that of competitors.This article will continue with a Methods section, where the development of the platform will be explaine...

Omatt Gjenbruksverksted i Bodø er et eksempel på hvordan en forretningsmodell kan konkretisere begrepet baerekraft. Forretningsmodellen er utviklet i samspill mellom flere ulike aktører; lokalt naeringsliv, lokale myndigheter og med en frivillig organisasjons -Røde Korssom omdreiningspunkt.Hovedsiktemålet med forretningsmodellen er samskaping, gjensidighet, hensynsfull bruk av menneskelige og materielle ressurser og langsiktig sterk baerekraft. Vi har valgt å ta i bruk begrepet komplementaerøkonomi fordi vi mener det dekker godt de prinsippene som Omatts forretningsmodell er et eksempel på. Som konsept er komplementaerøkonomi en retrovasjonen gjenfinnelseav måter å innrette seg på i tider da man ikke forventer økt handlingsrom i budsjettene. Kombinasjoner av pengebaserte og ikke-penge-baserte bidrag sammen med en dypt forankret dugnadstradisjonen har vaert, og er fremde les, viktige elementer i norsk økonomisk sammenheng. I seg selv bygger en komplementaerøkonomisk tilnaerming på enkle prinsipper, der det handler om å aktivere ressurser i samarbeid for å oppnå gjensidig-nytte. Framgangs måten er å identifisere behov og tilgjengelige ressurser i nåvaerende situasjon. I tillegg identifiseres hva den som har behovet selv kan bidra med på en positiv måte, dermed aktiveres ressurser. En slik form for økonomisk tenkning sikter mot å sette sammen de enkelte delene til et større hele, som når man legger puslespill. Jo bedre planlagt puslespillet er, desto større synergieffekter oppnås. NØKKELORD: baerekraft, komplementaerøkonomi, tredelt bunnlinje KOMPLEMENTAERØKONOMI ER SOM Å LEGGE PUSLESPILLUtgangspunktet er som hos Jakobsen (2019, 55), at det trengs grunnleggende endringer i dominerende økonomiske og politiske tilnaerminger for å kunne nå FNs baerekraftsmål. Baerekraftsmålene bygger på en verdiforståelse som innebaerer å ta hensyn til både mennesker, natur og økonomi for å oppnå reell baerekraft, og å samarbeide om å nå målene (FN 2015). 1 Verdiforståelsen kan kalles «trippel bunnlinje», der kulturelle/sosiale verdier, naturverdier og økonomiske verdier sidestil les (Elkington 1999; Ingebrigtsen og Jakobsen 2007). Den sirkulaerøkonomiske tilnaermingen som også inngår skal ivareta verdier enten de er av naturlig, tilvirket, menneskelig, kulturell eller økonomisk karakter. For å nå FNs baerekraftsmål trengs også et helhetlig og langsiktig perspektiv der solidaritet med kommende generasjoner er innebygd. Da er det fruktbart å ha en utvidet økonomisk forståelse som bygger på 1 FNs baerekraftsmål er en felles arbeidsplan for å utrydde fattigdom, bekjempe ulikhet og stoppe klimaendringene innen 2030, se https://www.fn.no/om-fn/fns-baerekraftsmaal

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss how and to what extent creative dialogue processes can have an impact on regional political planning processes in Norway. Politicians at Nordland County invited representatives from six different regions in Nordland to participate in café dialogues. Design/methodology/approach-The empirical material is collected from café-dialogues in Northern Norway in which representatives from civil society, business organizations, local government, and NGOs participated. The data processing is based on triangulation of hermeneutic interpretation, frequencies, and factor analysis. Findings-The findings indicate that most people want a "greener" future; this can be described as sustainable societies based on ecological production, distribution, consumption, and redistribution. People take on a more radical position in their ideas about the future than most politicians. The factor analysis grouped the participants into the following categories; "Ecological economics", "Small is beautiful", "Entrepreneurs", and "Growth and control". A large number of the participants are categorized either as "Circulation economics" or "Small is beautiful". Practical implications-To solve the challenges of modern society politicians can instigate more radical solutions than they are in the habit of doing. The participants in the café dialogues describe fundamental changes in order to attain viable local societies per 2030. Originality/value-In this paper the authors demonstrate that cultural creatives in the USA give a relevant context for interpreting attitudes to change in small societies in Northern Norway.

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