How does this fit with Leonardo Academys ANSI-driven effort, and other new efforts to develop sustainability standards?
Like many other existing sustainable certification programs, the Leonardo Academy’s effort initially proposed establishing a pass-fail, practice-based standard. We believe our project can help the ANSI participants recognize the value of adopting performance-based metrics. A focus on metrics may be more feasible than negotiating specific required practices for many diverse commodities. Similarly, we hope that our work can inform other important efforts, like the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, Wal-Mart’s initiative to develop a sustainable index, and others.
