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No company is immune from risk and uncertainty, and new approaches are needed to navigate risky environments. Creating a risk challenge culture should be a top priority. For example, the [...]

Purpose--Demands on companies to measure, document and disclose environment related information is becoming invasive due to pressure from internal and external stakeholders. This paper examines the approach of business towards environmental performance evaluation and reporting and the indicators used for the purpose. Design/methodology/approach--Environmental indicators as proposed by various international agencies were identified and compared. Finally, a set of indicators selected from the above study were mapped against 16 case companies operating in India from manufacturing and services sectors. Findings--Identification and tracking of indicators and compilation of information generated is crucial for assessing and reporting a company's environmental performance. It was observed that for a company to project its environmental performance, three types of indicators are necessary--global, sector-specific and local. A set of chosen indicators include management, operational and impact indicators. Indicators of biodiversity were least reported and indicators of mate-rials, energy, water and air emissions were some of the most reported environmental indica-tors. Practical implications--The paper will be helpful to any industry in selecting and measuring environmental indicators. Originality/value--The study provides insight into the differences in environmental indicator sets as designed by indicator developing agencies. It also provides an understanding of differences in the use of environmental indicators by companies in India and the limitations of using only global indi-cators to track environmental performance. Keywords: Environmental Indicators, Environment Performance Evaluation, Tools, Indicators Paper type: Research Paper, Introduction During the last decade, there has been an increasingly intensive interest in assessing, measuring and documenting the environmental performance of industry. Pressure is increasing on companies to report on [...]

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