Making Sustainability Measurable: A Practical Book for Sustainable Living and Working

Preface
Contents
About the Author
1 Definition Sustainability—My Version
2 A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
3 Adaptation to Climate Change and Its Consequences Require Sustainability
4 A Change in Consumer Behavior Leads to Sustainability
5 Finding Ways to the Best Sustainability Strategy
	5.1	Transformation Through Efficiency and Sufficiency
	5.2	Resource Efficiency Saves Material and Energy
	5.3	Unique Selling Proposition Sustainability
6 The Challenge Sustainability Management
	6.1	Sustainable Leadership and Corporate Culture
	6.2	Strategic Guidelines and Objectives
	6.3	Concept for Economic Behavior
	6.4	Concept for Social Behavior
	6.5	Concept for Ecological Behavior
	6.6	Supply Chain Management—Sustainability in the Supply Chain
	6.7	Sustainability Management in Municipalities
	6.8	Sustainability Management in Companies
	6.9	Sustainability in the (Air) Transport Sector
	6.10	Certification of the Sustainability of Organizations
7 Making Sustainability Measurable
8 Life Cycle Assessment and CO2 Footprint—Two Sides of the Same Coin?
	8.1	Life Cycle Assessment
	8.2	CO2-Footprint
9 Sustainability Report—Compulsory or Freestyle?
	9.1	Procedure and Structure
	9.2	Basic Principles of Content and Quality
	9.3	Compilation of the Standard Disclosures According to GRI
	9.4	GRI Standards
		Reporting Principles of the GRI Standards
		Materiality in GRI Standards
		Transition from GRI G4 to GRI Standards
	9.5	Non-Financial Reporting—CSR Directive
		Requirements for the non-financial reporting
		Materiality According to the CSR-Directive/non-financial reporting
10 Make your Dream Come True: Sustainability Manager
	10.1	Living Values
	10.2	The Power of Creeds
	10.3	The Role of the Sustainability Manager
	10.4	Dealing with Human Behavior
	10.5	NLP and the Power of Questions
	10.6	Investing in Networking
	10.7	Innovations are Promoted
	10.8	Project Management
	10.9	Outfit and Communication Style
	10.10	Self-Realization Requires Discipline
	10.11	Making Money is not a Shame
11 The Key to Your Success
12 In the Right Place at the Right Time
13 Sustainability—The Future is Waiting for you
Appendix
Appendix 1: SWOT Analysis
Appendix 2: The Temple of Sustainability
Appendix 3: Sustainability Criteria for Purchasing
Appendix 4: Fields of Action in (Municipal) Sustainability Management
Appendix 5: Benefits of a Sustainability Report
Appendix 6: Strategic Cornerstones for Sustainable Development in Municipalities
Appendix 7: Sustainable Balanced Scorecard
Appendix 8: Checklist—Mitigation of Climate Change
Appendix 9: GRI Standards
Appendix 10: Transformation from GRI –G4 to GRI Standards
Appendix 11: Links to Helpful Tools
Appendix 12: The Backpack of the Sustainability Manager
Appendix 13: Recording List of Energy Consumers