Sustainability Metrics

This course will explore the relationship between sustainability and data from corporate and urban perspectives, focusing on how data is created, analyzed and used to make decisions. The course will start by revisiting different definitions of sustainability to outline the theoretical premises on which current data practices and policies are built. It will highlight the importance of actionable data, purpose-driven analysis and the selection of proper indicators. Moreover, students will learn how to use different datasets and calculation guidelines to assess corporations and cities’ environmental, and social footprint. The course will also present practical examples of the collection and reporting process of the urban and corporate data through GRI, SASB, TCFD, CDP and other reporting frameworks, providing insights into the concepts of data cleanliness, robustness, materiality analysis and stakeholder focus.