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The Benchmark
Methodology Guide
1. Why Future-Fit?
2. Getting started
3. Where we are today: a systems view
3.1 Why systems thinking is critical
3.2 A systems view of value creation
3.3 A systems view of the world
3.4 The environmental context
3.5 The societal context
3.6 The economic context
3.7 Rethinking our place in the world
4. Where we need to go: a Future-Fit Society
4.1 Starting with the end in mind
4.2 The requirement for society
4.3 Properties of a Future-Fit Society
4.4 The role of every social system
5. Actionable guidance for business
5.1 Toward Future-Fit Business
5.2 The requirement for business
5.3 The role and reach of business
5.4 Deriving the Break-Even Goals, Positive Pursuits, and Indicators
6. Break-Even Goals
6.1 Energy
6.2 Water
6.3 Natural resources
6.4 Pollution
6.5 Waste
6.6 Physical presence
6.7 People
6.8 Drivers
7. Positive Pursuits
7.1 Energy
7.2 Water
7.3 Natural resources
7.4 Pollution
7.5 Waste
7.6 Physical presence
7.7 People
7.8 Drivers
Appendix 1: Properties of a Future-Fit Society
Appendix 2: Deriving the Break-Even Goals and Positive Pursuits
Break‑Even Goal Action Guides
BE01: Renewable Energy
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE02: Water
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE03: Natural Resources
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE04: Procurement
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE05: Operational Emissions
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE06: Operational GHGs
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE07: Operational Waste
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE08: Operational Encroachment
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE09: Community Health
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE10: Employee Health
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE11: Living Wage
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE12: Employee Terms
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE13: Employee Discrimination
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE14: Employee Concerns
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE15: Product Communications
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE16: Product Concerns
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE17: Product Harm
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE18: Product GHGs
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE19: Products Repurposed
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE20: Business Ethics
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE21: Tax
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE22: Lobbying
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
BE23: Financial Assets
1. Ambition
2. Action
3. Assessment
4. Assurance
5. Additional information
Positive Pursuit Guide
1. Introduction
1.1 How to use this guide
1.2 What “Positive Pursuit” means
1.3 Introducing the Positive Pursuits
1.4 How Positive Pursuits relate to the SDGs
2. The Positive Pursuits
2.1 Energy
2.2 Water
2.3 Natural resources
2.4 Pollution
2.5 Waste
2.6 Physical presence
2.7 People
2.8 Drivers
3. Products and Projects
3.1 Products
3.2 Projects
4. Assessment
4.1 Creating or contributing to positive impact
4.2 Assessing and reporting on Positive Pursuits
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Future‑Fit Business Benchmark
Appendix 1: Properties of a Future-Fit Society
Table A1.1: Deriving the 8 Properties of a Future-Fit Society.