Overview
The fourth chapter of the book is aimed at answering the following underlying assumptions and questions:
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Why do organizations measure sustainability and resilience outcomes?
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What do organizations measure to become more sustainable and increase resilience?
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What are some objective sustainability and resilience measurements?
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What targets are relevant to organizational sustainability and resilience planning?
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What is the difference between the indicators and targets?
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What are the differences and similarities in measuring and reporting the sustainability and resilience efforts in various communities?
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What type of reports are the most effective ways to inform the progress of sustainability-related efforts?
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How do local governments ensure transparency and accountability through their sustainability and resilience progress reports?
“Proper internal control: The third and last necessity to achieve success in business is to have a system of internal control. With a system of internal control, business transactions are recorded in such a systematic way that one may understand each one of them at glance.” Fra Luca Pacioli (1494) Particularis de Computis et Scripturis pp.1–2
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Alibašić, H. (2018). Measuring, Tracking, Monitoring, and Reporting Sustainability and Resilience Progress. In: Sustainability and Resilience Planning for Local Governments. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72568-0_4
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