Business and the Sustainable Development Goals : Measuring and Managing Corporate Impacts

This innovative and engaging book discusses the contribution of business to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015. It critically analyses selected impact measurement and management tools to highlight their respective benefits and limitations, and also provides guidance on critical management decisions to support high-quality impact measurement and management. The analyses underlying this book are the result of a three year research project conducted by an international consortium in the EU-funded research project GLOBAL VALUE – Managing Business Impact on Development. The research is complemented by examples from corporate practice and expert interviews to demonstrate and measure the contribution of business to sustainable development in the context of the SDGs. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Introduction: The Sustainable Development Goals and the Future of Corporate Sustainability (André Martinuzzi, Norma Schönherr)....Pages 1-17 The Corporate Toolbox (Norma Schönherr, Lucia A. Reisch, Andrea Farsang, Armi Temmes, Adele Tharani, André Martinuzzi)....Pages 19-53 Scoping What Matters: An Introduction to Impact Mapping (Florian Findler)....Pages 55-74 Measuring What Matters: Standardized Versus Customizable impact Measurement Tools (Adele Tharani)....Pages 75-93 Managing What Matters: Integrating Impact Measurement into Corporate Sustainability Management (Armi Temmes)....Pages 95-111 Implementing Impact Measurement and Management (Norma Schönherr, Lucia A. Reisch, Andrea Farsang, Armi Temmes, Adele Tharani, André Martinuzzi)....Pages 113-128 Back Matter ....Pages 129-133