Business and the Sustainable Development Goals : Measuring and Managing Corporate Impacts

This innovative and engaging book discusses the contribution of business to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015. It critically analyses selected impact measurement and management tools to highlight their respective benefits and limitations, and also provides guidance on critical management decisions to support high-quality impact measurement and management. The analyses underlying this book are the result of a three year research project conducted by an international consortium in the EU-funded research project GLOBAL VALUE – Managing Business Impact on Development. The research is complemented by examples from corporate practice and expert interviews to demonstrate and measure the contribution of business to sustainable development in the context of the SDGs.

Norma Schönherr is a Project Manager and Research Associate in the Institute for Managing Sustainability at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. Her areas of expertise include CSR, corporate sustainability, sustainable development, sustainability management and responsible innovation.

André Martinuzzi is Head of the Institute for Managing Sustainability and Associate Professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. He has more than 20 years of experience in coordinating EU-wide research projects for the European Commission, as well as for international organizations and ministries. He is an expert in the fields of corporate sustainability, responsible innovation, evaluation and knowledge brokerage.