Excerpts of the chat between Sandeep Joshi, MD, Massuive, Singapore and Benedict Paramanand, Editor, SustainabilityNext
Who designed the Index?
The SustainAgility Index (SAI) was conceived and created by me. Nevertheless, we now have over 200 SustainAgility Community members who’ve offered inputs and refinements. Massuive gives AI-powered sustainability options beneath its “SustainAgility” follow, designed to combine sustainability straight into enterprise operations quite than treating it as a separate reporting perform. Their method focuses on accelerating sustainability maturity by way of expertise and knowledgeable consulting.
How completely different is it in comparison with the likes of Dow Jones, S & P, FTSEE, amongst others?
Briefly, monetary indices measure market efficiency; the SAI measures organizational sustainability efficiency. SAI is a sustainability efficiency measurement framework, not a monetary market index. It measures organizational sustainability throughout a number of dimensions. The following iteration of SAI is deliberate to launch in July 2026 and will probably be centered on simplifying the Index calculations and mapping it to 4 pillars (Water, Vitality, Waste, Air) and 15+ sustainability requirements.
The SustainAgility Index is basically completely different in nature from monetary market indices. The Dow Jones, S&P 500, and FTSE are monetary inventory market indices, they observe the value efficiency of a basket of publicly listed corporations and function benchmarks for investor returns and market well being. Their focus is squarely on monetary capital and shareholder worth.
The SAI, against this, is a values-based organizational efficiency framework. It doesn’t observe inventory costs or market capitalization. As a substitute, Sud 5 Focus Areas (Sustainable Finance, Sustainable Enterprise, Sustainable IT, Sustainable Management, and Sustainable Product Administration). The place monetary indices ask “how a lot wealth was created for shareholders?”, the SAI asks “are we delivering sustainable worth for folks, planet, and enterprise?”
What’s the main aim of this index?
The first aim of the SustainAgility Index is to information people, groups, leaders, and enterprises in shifting from a profit-driven to a purpose-driven mannequin, making sustainability a mainstream enterprise goal whereas sustaining enterprise agility. The aim is achieved by way of reworking fragmented sustainability metrics right into a single unified rating that drives each sustainability and profitability.
It goals to assist organisations construct long-term compounding development by doing the appropriate factor for societies, folks, and the planet.
Is it time and value heavy to undertake this index?
It’s designed to be light-weight and integrative. The method includes teaching groups to instill SustainAgility values into their current crew alliances and mapping the main target areas to prioritize sustainable worth supply.
There’s additionally a free SustainAgility Fundamentals course, and the neighborhood itself operates as a non-profit. The framework layers onto current methods of working quite than requiring a wholesale substitute, which retains each the time funding and value manageable.
