Fact sheets

For the 2007 Beyond GDP Conference, developers of key indicators and measurement tools have been asked to describe the development and implementation of their indicator(s) in their own words. Each paper describes the need for the indicator, its findings and uses, and future possibilities for its further development. A link to each author's description of their indicator is provided below.

• Adjusted Net Savings (pdf, 430 kb)
  Alexandra Sears and Giovanni Ruta, The World Bank, update June-12.
• Canadian Index of Wellbeing (pdf, 372 kb)
  Linda McKessock, CIW Project Manager, update Jan-13.
• Capability Index (pdf, 76 kb)
  Ingrid Robeyns, Radboud University Nijmegen and Robert van der Veen, University of Amsterdam, Nov-07.
• Comparing welfare of nations (pdf, 121 kb)
  Hans-Olof Hagén, Statistics Sweden, Oct-07.
• Corruption Perceptions Index (pdf, 320 kb)
  Transparency International (TI) Nov-07;
  Other TI indicators: BPI (pdf, 106 kb) , GCB (pdf, 114 kb) , NSI (pdf, 88 kb) , PRT (pdf, 87 kb)
• Ecological Footprint (pdf, 113 kb)
  Mathis Wackernagel, Global Footprint Network, Sep-11.
• EEA Core Set of Indicators (pdf, 464 kb)
  Ove Casperson, European Environment Agency, update Oct-12.
• Environmentally Sustainable National Income (pdf, 543 kb)
  Roefie Hueting, Foundation SNI, update July-12.
• EU set of Sustainable Development Indicators (pdf, 182 kb)
  Laure Ledoux, European Commission, Eurostat, Nov-07.
• European Benchmark Indicators (pdf, 911 kb)
  Edward Vixseboxse, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Oct-07.
• Human Development Index (pdf, 114 kb)
  Amie Gaye, UNDP Human Development Report Office, Sep-11.
• Index of Individual Living Conditions (pdf, 121 kb)
  Heinz Herbert Noll, GESIS, Social Indicators Department, Oct-07.
• Genuine Progress Indicator (pdf, 260 kb)
  John Talberth, Redefining Progress, update Oct-12.
• Happy Life Years (pdf, 113 kb)
  Ruut Veenhoven, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Oct-07.
• Happy Planet Index (pdf, 330 kb)
  nef - the new economics foundation, update Oct-12.
• JFS Sustainability Vision and Indicators (pdf, 83 kb)
  Kazu Kobayashi, Japan for Sustainability, Oct-07.
• MDG Dashboard of Sustainability (pdf, 262 kb)
  Jochen Jesinghaus, European Commission, DG JRC, Sep-11.
• The Natural Capital Index framework (pdf, 408 kb)
  Ben ten Brink, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Oct-07.
• (Regional) Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (pdf, 115 kb)
  Prof. Tim Jackson, RESOLVE, University of Surrey, UK; Nat McBride; and Saamah Abdallah, nef - the new economics foundation, Sep-11.
• System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (pdf, 507 kb)
  London Group on Environmental Accounting, update Dec-12.
• Sustainable Society Index (pdf, 290 kb)
  Geurt van de Kerk and Arhur Manuel, Sustinable Society Foundation, update Sep-12.
• Time Distance Method (pdf, 124 kb)
  Pavle Sicherl, SICENTER, Slovenia, Oct-11.
• World Happiness Index (pdf, 315 kb)
  Pierre le Roy, www.globeco.fr, update Oct-12.
• National Accounts of Well-being (pdf, 329 kb)
  nef - the new economics foundation, UK, Sep-11.