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The Sustainable Balanced Scorecard

Foundations Evolution SBS Model

The Sustainable Balanced Scorecard is a concept that has been evolving at increasing speed in the last few years.  There are several academic projects to develop models and apply them in companies.  These have led to a number of excellent publications.   There are also publications exploring the ideas in general, in some cases with application to specific companies.  Finally, there are a few companies that are using the Balanced Scorecard for managing sustainability.  Please suggest any resources you think should be included. 

Projects

The leading research project on the "Sustainability Balanced Scorecard," and the source of many of the best papers on this topic, is a multi-university effort in Europe.

The Centre for Management of Environmental Resources at INSEAD in France is one of the project parters. 

University of Kassel has a project on Sustainable Balanced Scorecard for SMEs.

COSORE - Corporate Social Responsibility is a multinational European project to use the Balanced Scorecard to promote CSR to small and medium enterprises.

A short paper outlining how the Scorecard can support CSR.

Project SIGMA in the UK has developed a Sustainability Scorecard as part of its toolkit for sustainability management.  Here is one of their concept diagrams:

Bibliography

Towards A Sustainability Balanced Scorecard (presentation)
Bieker, Thomas and Gminder, Carl-Ulrich.  2001.  7 pages.

Towards A Sustainability Balanced Scorecard (paper)
Bieker, Thomas and Gminder, Carl-Ulrich.  2001.  7 pages.

The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard - Theory and Application of a Tool for Value-Based Sustainability Management. 
Frank Figge, Tobias Hahn, Stefan Schaltegger and Marcus Wagner
This paper provides background to the Balanced Scorecard and a detailed explanation how it can be used for sustainability management.  It includes a hypothetical application to a European textile company.

Balanced Scorecard and Sustainability: State of the Art Review
F. Zingales, A. O'Rourke, and K. Hockerts.  2002.  85 pages.

Environment and Socio-Related Balanced Scorecard - Exploration of critical issues
F. Zingales, A. O'Rourke, and R.J. Orssato.  2002.  28 pages.

Towards A Sustainability Balanced Scorecard Linking Environmental and Social Sustainability to Business Strategy
Thomas Bieker, Thomas Dyllick, Carl-Ulrich Gminder, and Kai Hockerts.  2001.  10 pages.

Managing corporate sustainability with the Balanced Scorecard: Developing a Balanced Scorecard for Integrity Management
Thomas Bieker.  2002.  20 pages.

The Un-Balanced Scorecard:  A Social and Environmental Critique
Stan Brignall.  8 pages.

Identification and Selection of Environmental Performance Indicators: Application of the balanced Scorecard Approach
S. Johnson, 1998.  5 pages.

Implementing Social and Environmental Strategies with the Balanced Scorecard
Marc J Epstein and P. Wisner. 2001.

Using a Balanced Scorecard to Implement Sustainability
Marc J.Epstein and P. Wisner. 2001. 

From Environmental Performance Evaluation to Eco-Efficiency and Sustainability Balanced Scorecards: A study of organizations operating in Portugal
Idalina Dias-Sardinha, Lucas Reijnders, and Paula Antunes.  2002.  14 pages.

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