Co-operative Sustainability Scorecard

BACKGROUND TO SCORECARD, by Russ Christianson

"Attached is a Co-operative Sustainability Scorecard that I have been working on for some time now.  It is very thoroughly researched – I have read everything I have come across regarding sustainability indicators, etc.  

It is particularly designed for small and medium sized co-operatives, as an affordable, easy to use self-assessment tool.  However, large co-operatives could also benefit from its use.

This is a gift to co-operatives throughout the world.   

I hope that you will freely distribute the attachments far and wide.  You will notice that I have used the Creative Commons copyright.  This allows people to share the information freely, without worrying about copyright violations.  The two one-page documents I wrote on Co-operative Sustainability are not meant to be altered, just shared freely.  The spreadsheet is for direct use by co-operatives and the yellow-highlighted cells are meant to be filled in by each co-operative on its own.  The non-highlighted cells are locked so that people cannot inadvertently change them.

I would very much appreciate any feedback.

Russ Christianson

RR 4 Campbellford, ON, Canada

K0L 1L0

705-653-0527 phone

705-653-2950 fax

russ.c@xplornet.com"