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 Basic Sustainability Assessment Tool (BSAT)
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This tool enables an organization to assess its progress toward
causing no harm to people and the environment, as well as its
positive impacts on people and the environment.
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Latest version of BSAT
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 Context
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The tool assesses performance on the core sustainability issues that are common to most popular sustainability reporting frameworks and standards, as shown in the comparison referenced below. The tool assesses an organization's progress on reducing / eliminating its harmful impacts on the environment, its employees, and society. It also give bonus points if the organization is being regenerative, either directly or indirectly, through its products, services and donations that amplify others’ positive impacts or help others cause less harm.
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Comparison of Sustainability Frameworks
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 Intended Users
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This is a comprehensive, generic tool. It is designed for use by any-size organization, in any sector, in any country. It may be especially helpful for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and large organizations with minimal or no sustainability staff.
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 Accommodates Three Frameworks
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It automatically expresses the sustainability performance three ways:

1. As scores on progress toward science-based goals for all core sustainability issues.

2. As scores on contributions to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Scores on sustainability issues are used as proxies for scores on their aligned, primary SDGs. .

3. As scores on impacts on the 3 non-financial capitals (natural, human, and social).
Scores on sustainability issues are used as proxies for scores on aligned natural, human and social capitals.

Organizations can express their sustainability scores in whichever framework's terminology (sustainability, SDG, or non-financial capitals) is most appropriate for their purposes, or preferred by the stakeholder that is requesting the disclosure. If scores on the SDGs or the non-financial capitals are not of interest, those tabs can be ignored or deleted.
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Terms of Use

This tool was developed by Bob Willard / Sustainability Advantage. It is freely available from the sustainabilityadvantage.com website. The tool is published under a Creative Commons-Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International license. That is, users are free to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon) the material for any purpose, even commercially, with appropriate attribution.

Use of the tool is at the user's own risk. Sustainability Advantage shall accept no liability in respect of any business, lending, or investment decisions which users choose to base in whole or in part on the use of this tool or its output.

Feedback: The tool is being continuously improved. Your suggestions are welcome. Please send your ideas to the email below. Thanks.
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bobwillard@sustainabilityadvantage.com
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