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Downloadable Publications
Context-Based Sustainability (CBS)
The Essence of Context-Based Sustainability
Thresholds, Allocations and the Carrying Capacities of Capitals
Guidelines for Specifying Thresholds & Allocations
Context-Based Sustainability (Wikipedia page)
The Carrying Capacities of Capitals
The Genesis, History, and Limits of Carrying Capacity (Sayre, 2008)
Best Practices in Context-Based Sustainability
Intellectual History of Thresholds & Allocations
A Brief History of the Birth of CBS
Social Footprints (McElroy dissertation, 2008)
The Knowledge Life Cycle (an epistemological precursor to CBS)
Context-Based Metrics
Sustainability Quotients and the Social Footprint (2007 paper)
Science- vs. Context-Based Metrics — What’s the Difference?
Social Footprint Method (book chapter)
Corporate Water Gauge (Context-Based Water Metric)
Corporate Water Gauge – FAQs
The Dashboard Theory of Sustainability and Metricspheres
The Biodiversity Performance Index
Inventory of Areas of Impact (AOIs) Often Used in CBS
The Use of Weightings in Context-Based Sustainability & the MCS
2013 ‘Climate Counts’ Implementation of CSO Carbon Metric
Multicapitalism & Multi-Capital Accounting
Does Sustainable Performance Mean Abandoning Capitalism?
Calibrating the Carrying Capacities of Capitals
Generally Accepted Integrated Accounting (GAIA) Principles
Vital Capitals and the Triple Bottom Line
Multicapitalism – A New Economic Doctrine for Sustainability in Commerce
Multicapitalism and the Two Faces of Integrated Reporting
A Critical Look at Contemporary Performance Accounting
Context-Based Performance Accounting Scales
The MultiCapital Scorecard (MCS)
A Better Scorecard for Your Company’s Sustainability Efforts
Overview of the MultiCapital Scorecard
MultiCapital Scorecard for the SDGs
MCS Starter Kit for Small Businesses
A CBS-based Alternative to GDP
Introducing Aggregate Capital Sufficiency (ACS) – An Alternative to GDP
Aggregate Capital Sufficiency (ACS) and National Well-Being
CBS / MCS Training Materials
MultiCapital Scorecard Workshop Conducted at UVM MBA Program
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Notable Applications of CBS and the MCS
Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPI) Scorecard
Scorecarding ‘Doughnut Economics’
Cabot Creamery Co-op’s MultiCapital Scorecard Implementation
Groundbreaking Study at Cabot Reveals Shortcomings of Conventional Sustainability Metrics
Griffith Foods’ MultiCapital Scorecard Implementation
Ben & Jerry’s MultiCapital Scorecard Pilot: An Update
Move Over Sustainability Accounting, Here Comes Purpose Accounting
Move Over Eco-Efficiency, Here Comes Eco-Immunity (2 parts)
Social Footprint Method (book chapter)
Aggregate Capital Sufficiency (ACS) and National Well-Being
Arguing the Case for Certified Sustainability Zones
CSO Presentation to WRI re: Context-Based Carbon Metrics
Key Issues in CBS
Generally Accepted Integrated Accounting (GAIA) Principles
Generally Neglected Accounting Principles
Time to Declare a Planetary Accounting Emergency
An Ode to the Triple Bottom Line
Making Materiality Determinations – A Context-Based Approach
We Need Multiple Capital Accounting and Integrated Materiality
Rights, Duties and Corporate Social “Kantracts”
Non-Financial Measurement & Reporting Standards & Frameworks
The CSM (Corporate Sustainability Management) Cycle
Sustainability-Related Performance Accounting Methods
Is It Possible That GRI Has Never Really Been About Sustainability at All?
Has the GRI Consigned Itself to Irrelevance?
Happy Birthday GRI – Time Now to Put the Horse Before the Cart
Why Monetization Should Not Be Used for Sustainability Accounting
Can Sustainability Reporting for Different Companies Be Both Context-Based and Comparable?
Can There Be Meaningful Integrated Reporting?
The Sustainability Code (a policy model for social learning and adaptation)
The Insidious Logic of Carbon Accounting
Context-Based Monetization Curves
The Von Carlowitz Project – A Measurement Theory of Change
UN Endorsements of CBS
UNRISD (2020): Corporate Sustainability Accounting: What Can and Should Corporations Be Doing?
UNRISD (2022): Authentic Sustainability Assessment – A User Manual for the Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPI)
UNEP (2015): Raising the Bar – Advancing Environmental Disclosure in Sustainability Reporting
CSO Summary of UNEP’s Endorsement of Context-Based Sustainability
The Center for Sustainable Organizations
What differentiates CSO from others in the sustainability arena is its strong commitment to an approach for corporate sustainability measurement, management and reporting that is context-based