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About the Indicators Framework
B-Sustainable uses a sustainability indicators framework to make a wealth of information meaningful, accessible, and actionable.
ACCESSIBLE: Information is made timely and relevant to users’ needs through multiple points of access – such as stories, maps, graphs, and linkages.
ACTIONABLE: The indicators are chosen to guide and measure progress towards sustainability through potential courses of action for different users.
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An indicator is information about the direction of change in a system.
We use indicators to
tell us what changes are taking place and to guide and measure our progress towards goals.
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Basic Framework
The framework is organized around 22 sustainability goals defined by indicators that answer the questions: What is happening? Why is it happening? And why is it important? Each goal is assigned to one of four environments denoted by a color: green for the Natural Environment; blue for the Built Environment; red for the Social Environment; and gold for the Personal Environment. Typically, a goal has a set of 10 to 12 indicators referred to as an indicator map. An indicator can be shared by more than one goal. In addition, each goal is linked to strategies, initiatives and actions.
A schematic of the framework is shown below.
