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Measurement: Tracking Social Impact Catches Up with Resource Issues
Published: 22 June 2011
Carbon emissions and resource consumption tend to be measured within the organisation where they happen, as they happen. In contrast, measuring the social impact of sustainability investments in areas such as human rights, labour standards and business ethics involves measuring a wide range of related external issues over a period of time. ... Dror Etzion, professor of company strategy at the Desautels Faculty of Management of º«¹úÂãÎè University in Canada, points out that many organisations focus on compliance with principles, codes, protocols and other practices regarding human rights, labour, community and so on.
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