Please note the Measurement & Reporting Task Group has finished.

Established in January 2008, the Measurement and Reporting Task Group launched their final report 'Organisational Measurement and Reporting' on 9 July 2008.

Click here to download the full report 'Organisational Measurement &  Reporting'.

Download the following supporting documents:
1. Results of the M&R Task Group's survey of UK-GBC members and non-member organisations
2. The findings of the Desktop study undertaken by Upstream:
    - Download the presentation of Upstream's findings
    - Download further detail on Upstream's findings

The UK-GBC would like to thank representatives from the following organisations for their participation in the Task Group: Aggregate Industries, Architects Journal, Bennetts Associates, CB Richard Ellis Ltd, Future Housing & representing CIOB (Chartered Institute of Building), Davis Langdon, Faithful + Gould, Fulcrum Consulting, Lend Lease, Mace Ltd, Michael Dyson Associates, Quintain Estates & Development, Upstream, WT Partnership.

Scope & Process

The objectives for the Task Group were to:
• Understand the benefits and challenges of organisational measuring and reporting
• Understand the existing measurement and reporting landscape
• Identify the role of the UK-GBC in promoting organisational measuring and reporting.

Key Findings of the Report

• A significant amount of confusion exists with regard to the application of measurement and reporting tools, frameworks and methodologies at the organisational level.
• Organisational measurement and reporting serves to report on the holistic performance of an organisation, rather than management processes , which aim, more directly to drive performance improvement for a specific product, service, or portfolio.

Recommendations
The Task Group recommends that:
• The UK-GBC play an active role in promoting organisational sustainability measurement and reporting
• The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Framework is adopted as the common international organisational sustainability reporting standard (for the built environment sector)
• Greater coordination and collaboration between sectors, measurement frameworks and tool providers is required to drive sustainability performance improvement

Next Steps for the UK-GBC
• Within 3 years, ensure that all member organisations measure and report using the (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Framework
• Establish the minimum levels to which members must apply the (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Framework
• Set out what the membership will need to do (the Roadmap) to reach the target date to comply with the reporting requirements, together with an assessment of the resources needed
• Support the membership with the process of organisational measurement and reporting
• Work with the GRI organisation to establish the Sector Supplements and Indicator Protocols that members require to achieve a balanced and reasonable representation of the sustainability performance of our member base
• Facilitate a range of activities for framework providers to discuss future direction for frameworks and tools, seeking to achieve greater coordination between models and sectors