{"id":786,"date":"2013-04-04T21:05:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T19:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcsdh.hu\/?p=786"},"modified":"2013-04-04T21:05:42","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T19:05:42","slug":"measuring-socio-economic-impact-a-wbcsd-guide-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcsdh.hu\/en\/news\/measuring-socio-economic-impact-a-wbcsd-guide-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring socio-economic impact \u2013 A WBCSD guide for business"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Navigating the complex landscape of socio-economic impact measurement<\/strong>Companies are increasingly interested in measuring socio-economic impact as part of maintaining their license to operate, improving the business enabling environment, strengthening their value chains, and fueling product and service innovation. But while more and more tools are being developed to help companies measure socio-economic impact, it can be difficult to compare and choose among them.<\/p>\n<p>The tools available today are incredibly diverse. They are based on different assumptions, they offer different functionality, they focus on different types of impact, and they suite different purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The guide\u00a0is intended to help companies navigate the complex landscape of socio-economic impact measurement.<\/p>\n<p>Download the guide click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/Pages\/EDocument\/EDocumentDetails.aspx?ID=15357&amp;NoSearchContextKey=true\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It aims to:<\/p>\n<table width=\"470\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/rootressources\/epicture\/1138\/image\/orange.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/rootressources\/epicture\/1137\/image\/green.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/rootressources\/epicture\/1136\/image\/blue.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/rootressources\/epicture\/1139\/image\/purple.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Provide an overview of the business case for measuring socio-economic impact<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Introduce the terminology and basic theory used in this space for a busines audience\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Profile a selection of existing tools for business needs<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Accelerate business efforts to measure and manage socio-economic imact<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigating the complex landscape of socio-economic impact measurementCompanies are increasingly interested in measuring socio-economic impact as part of maintaining their license to operate, improving the business enabling environment, strengthening their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[864],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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