Lean/Green Accounting Starts with a Sustainability Index

Lean and Green News (2/24, Cunningham) – Why should the establishment of Lean/Green Accounting start with a sustainability index? With the definition of green sustainability still amorphous, the idea of an index might seem absurd. It is not the only place to start, but having a concrete goal will help to excite participation, and it builds an obvious bridge to the greater sustainability field via Glenn Marshall’s scorecard, which I discussed in Part 1. Further, through such attempts to measure and the experience and insights gained therein, we can help to define the relationship between accounting and sustainability and perhaps we will help to refine the definition of sustainability itself. Read more…