Building an Impact Assessment Framework:
Accountable Sustainability by Design

Decision – Action – Metrics – Measurement – Impact Monitoring
GOAL:
Achieve IEEE Planet Positive 20230 goal of “Planet Positivity”

IEEE Planet Positive 2030 highlights critical issues and actions individuals, organizations, and communities can take to realize positive benefits from working toward achieving a global flourishing environment.

To support this vision, the Impact Assessment Framework driving the work of our Accountable Sustainability by Design Committee will complement the Strong Sustainability by Design compendium and will be based on UN SDGs, ESGs and/or other available metrics/impact assessment tools (environmental, infrastructure, climate) and reporting systems/templates.

Background

Transparency and Accountability are the hallmarks of 2024, evidenced by the increased demand for emissions global reporting and metrics assessments (i.e., EU, SEC, CSRD, ISSB, TCFD, TNFD, SBTi, greenhouse gas protocols), and a proliferation of assessment tools designed to meet these standards.  

The IEEE Planet Positive 2030 Initiative is launching this new accountability focused ecosystem and Committee to unify and support communities in becoming flourishing centers that advance people, the planet, and create new prosperity.  

Sample work being considered by the Accountable Sustainability by Design Committee for the Impact Assessment Framework currently in development:

  • IEEE has developed the IEEE 7010™ -2020 Standard that provides a qualitative Wellbeing Impact Assessment framework to measure impact on all stakeholders.
  • Along with this Wellbeing Assessment, insights derived from and the output of the IEEE P3469™ Standards Working group focused on E-Liability will also be incorporated into this work. E-Liability provides a new accounting-based approach that will be adapted to a systems engineering framework to address the technical considerations of carbon-based accounting within any supply / value chain.

As part of the overall Impact Assessment Framework, IEEE is offering educational resources, regional IEEE Planet Positive 2030 Community initiatives, Standards and Standards Working Groups and other activities to research and deliver best practices and ongoing guidelines for Sustainability and Human Well-Being: a healthy planetary biosphere for the long term.

Join Our Committee!

You are invited to participate by expressing your interest in joining the Accountable Sustainability by Design Committee.

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Planet Positive 2030 has created the following steps anyone can take right now to
inspire regenerative sustainability and inspire action within your organization:

As 2024 is the year both the EU and the SEC in the US will be requiring reporting around
emissions and other elements outlined in the BSAT

Awareness

Review / download the presentation above to learn why it’s so important to use a Basic Sustainability Assessment Tool to understand basic ways your organization is using resources like water and energy in your organization.

Assessment

Designed to directly address regulatory and emissions issues around Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, you’ll learn why taking 60-90 minutes today to fill out the BSAT can also immediately help you learn how your existing planned efforts align to UN SDGs as well as other ESG / regulatory frameworks.

Action

We’d welcome your feedback on a survey designed to aggregate insights around what type of reporting you’re already being asked to provide in your organization and how the BSAT can improve your efforts.

Metrics and Measurement

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Our Work

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