Sustainability Metrics: Which Ones Matter?

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Apr 20, 2012 12:10 PM ET
Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner of Taiga Company

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company

  The past year has seen a significant shift in eco awareness and the debate on climate change.  In the world of business and finance, climate change has developed from a sidebar topic to a mainstream conversation.  Accompanying climate change discussions are questions as to which sustainable business strategies to implement and simultaneously see results in the bottom line.  A corporate sustainability plan is one way for growing businesses to drive efficiencies into existing business process and to create access to new opportunities.     However, using metrics as guidepost for measurement, several questions surface: Which metrics matter?  Are traditional business metrics and business sustainability measures distinctly different?  Should they be compartmentalized or brought under a common understanding? Click here to continue reading Sustainability Metrics: Which Ones Matter?   Home to one third of the earth's trees, the Taiga is the largest land-based biosphere and encircles the globe. Its immense oxygen production literally changes the atmosphere and refreshes the planet. It is this continuous renewal that has shaped Taiga Company's vision to drive similar change in the business world. Taiga Company seeks to be the "oxygen for your business".