A Systemic Tool and Process for Sustainability Assessment

Villeneuve, Claude; Tremblay, David A.; Riffon, Olivier; Lanmafankpotin, Georges; Bouchard, Sylvie

doi:10.3390/su9101909

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“…In their 2018 paper, Alawneh et al attempted to explore the nominal contribution of a number of LEED water and energy credits to SDGs 6,7,8,9,12,13 and 15 with a specific geographic focus on Jordon (middle east) [24]. The authors used a questionnaire, completed by 55 local experts in green building, to propose a contribution index.…”

Section: The 2030 Agenda and Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The authors used a questionnaire, completed by 55 local experts in green building, to propose a contribution index. They followed up this publication by an article [23] which explores more broadly the contribution of the assessment categories in 6 rating systems available (namely LEED, BREEAM, CASBEE, Green Star, Green Mark and GBI) to SDGs 3,6,7,8,9,11,12,13 and 15 (with a nominal reference to all SDGs).…”

Section: The 2030 Agenda and Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other researchers have proposed expansive and universal methods to assess the integration of SDGs in projects and strategies [12]. However, the complexity of the assessment process and the lack of customization present hurdles to their use in building projects.…”

Section: The 2030 Agenda and Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…using the levels of integration presented from the available literature [12], the map proposes 4 distinct levels of integration for each of the three axes:…”

Section: Mapping the Integration Of Sdgs In Building Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals in Building Projects

2019

J Sustain Res

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Building designers are struggling to deeply integrate the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in projects. The review of the literature revealed that the available research is focused on linking the current practices, including sustainable building practices, with the SDGs. This has, in turn, limited the development of novel approaches as well as new building design methodologies that specifically aim at attaining the agenda's targets. To help building design teams achieve the meaningful integration of the agenda's five Ps, this paper proposes two analytical mapping tools which can be used during the integrated design process to track the integration of SDGs in the building projects, and to analyze the building design approaches and visions in reference to the topics of the goals. The research uses a case study for an energy-positive building in Quebec to test the proposed tools. The analysis focuses on the integration of 8 of 17 SDGs, discusses the specific building features which were used to achieve this integration, and analyzes the team's design visions regarding the goals. The results reveal that in the case studied, the integration of the 8 SDGs moves beyond the current standards by mostly applying design approaches which are future-driven and focused on products and technologies. This research provides important practical tools that can inform building practices in the private and the public sector and contributes to the theory and practice of sustainable building design.It also supports the current effort towards the implementation and localization of the SDGs.

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Section: The 2030 Agenda and Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The 2030 Agenda and Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The 2030 Agenda and Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…using the levels of integration presented from the available literature [12], the map proposes 4 distinct levels of integration for each of the three axes:…”

Section: Mapping the Integration Of Sdgs In Building Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals in Building Projects

2019

J Sustain Res

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“…To evaluate corporate sustainability, appropriate platforms should address sustainability's multidimensional criteria [6], namely the environmental, economic, and social pillars at different spatial (international, national, and local) and temporal (long-term and short-term) levels [7]. There has been a significant increase in the number of corporate sustainability rating platforms [7], and well over 100 articles regarding sustainability assessment have been published between 2007 and 2018 [8].…”

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Assessing Corporate Sustainability with the Enterprise Sustainability Evaluation Tool (E-SET)

Zenya

Nystad

2018

Sustainability

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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...

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Sustainable development goal interactions: An analysis based on the five pillars of the 2030 agenda

Tremblay

Fortier

Boucher

et al. 2020

Sustainable Development

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The 2030 Agenda calls for a change in thinking in order to implement sustainable development goals (SDGs) and targets as a system. To achieve this goal, the 2030 Agenda established five pillars ("5 Ps"): people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership. Here, we present a classification of these SDGs and their targets based on the five pillars. Our aim is to improve our understanding of interactions by assessing whether potential synergies and trade-offs are related to the classification of the targets. We surveyed 30 people and asked them to associate the content of target labels with the pillars. We classified SDG and targets according to an original quantification system. We determined whether the interactions were linked to similar or different classifications of the targets. We observed that the more similar the targets were in terms of classification, the more positive the interactions. We also noted that synergies exist between targets of different classifications. Our findings are useful for applying a systemic approach for policy coherence in sustainability analysis.

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A Systemic Tool and Process for Sustainability Assessment

Cited by 59 publications

References 14 publications

Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals in Building Projects

Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals in Building Projects

Assessing Corporate Sustainability with the Enterprise Sustainability Evaluation Tool (E-SET)

Sustainable development goal interactions: An analysis based on the five pillars of the 2030 agenda

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