Sustainable Value Added: Measuring Corporate Sustainable Performance Beyond Eco-Efficiency

Frank Figge; Tobias Hahn

Sustainable Value Added: Measuring Corporate Sustainable Performance Beyond Eco-Efficiency

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new approach to measure corporate sustainable performance called Sustainable Value Added. Value is created whenever benefits exceed costs. Current approaches to measure corporate sustainable performance take into account external costs caused by environmental and social damage or focus on the ratio between value creation and resource consumption. As this paper will show it is more promising to develop sustainable measures based on opportunity costs...

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Lüneburg
Publisher	Centre for Sustainability Management
Edition	2., rev. ed
Number of pages	34
ISBN (Print)	3935630190, 978-3-935630-19-1
Publication status	Published - 04.2002

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Literaturverz. Bl. 30 - 34 : 2., rev. ed

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Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics

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Sustainable Value Added: Measuring Corporate Sustainable Performance Beyond Eco-Efficiency

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