Who can use the Sustainable Value methodology?
The results of an assessment with the Sustainable Value approach are useful for different stakeholders. For instance, managers can use the Sustainable Value approach to measure, monitor, and communicate their environmental performance. Moreover, they can use the results of the future performance scenario as early warning signals for particularly relevant environmental areas in the future. Socially responsible investors and analysts can use the Sustainable Value methodology to identify out- and under-performers. The future performance scenario is particularly interesting in the context of risk analyses: SRI-investors can determine which companies are most vulnerable to tightened regulation in different environmental areas. Socially responsible investors and analysts will benefit widely from the value-based logic of the analysis because this makes the results compatible with standard financial analyses. Finally, regulators can use the Sustainable Value approach to identify those sectors