Tag: Metrics

A Need for More Context?

October 2, 2012 by Eric DesRoberts

With significant interest around monitoring, collecting, and reporting sustainability metrics, a recent Sustainable Brands article draws attention to some of the shortcomings of conventional sustainability metrics. The article, which is largely based on research coming out of the Center for Sustainable Organizations, suggests that conventional (absolute and relative) metrics only “occasionally, if not randomly correlate with the true sustainability performance of organizations.” The alternative—context-based metrics—take … More →

Packaging Digest Survey Results: Moving Forward in 2012

December 16, 2011 by Danielle Peacock

Packaging Digest recently released the results to the 2011 Sustainability in Packaging survey. For the past five years, Packaging Digest and GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition have collaborated on this survey to provide a comprehensive view of sustainability trends in the packaging industry. The survey, which included 674 total respondents, is meant to track the progress of the packaging industry at large as well as looking … More →

Study of Corporate Reports Shows Need for Standardized Metrics

December 11, 2011 by Eric DesRoberts

This article by GreenBlue Project Associate Eric DesRoberts appeared in this month’s issue of Packaging Digest, which features a monthly column by GreenBlue staff on packaging sustainability. Read the original article. The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) recently reviewed a number of publicly available reports from various companies on their financial and sustainability performance to determine how they were reporting on packaging systems. Though these reports were … More →