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Introduction
Step into a new frontier of environmental action with the Global Climate League, where the focus is on the bioregional stage. Whether you're an individual, a company, a school, or a community group - everyone's invited to join this exhilarating venture.
Under the vast umbrella of the Global Climate League, 185 teams emerge, each representing a distinct bioregion on our planet. It's not just a league; it's a movement uniting people worldwide. Picture this: 5 theme-leagues, each with its own set of league-specific standings and a coveted championship.
Now, here's the magic - the teams aren't just made up of players; they encompass everyone in the bioregion contributing to activities related to the 5 key themes. It's a dynamic collaboration where individuals, organizations, and companies join forces, driving impactful change right where it matters most. Welcome to the Global Climate League, where every bioregion becomes a stage for environmental and social transformation.
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League scoring methodologies, goals & indicators
Methodology Profile
Methodology Indicators & KPIs
Category:
Socio-economic
Macro-indicator:
Indirect Economic Impacts
Methodology:
GRI
Goal:
Significant indirect economic impacts
a. Examples of significant identified indirect economic impacts of the organization, including positive and negative impacts.
b. Significance of the indirect economic impacts in the context of external benchmarks and stakeholder priorities, such as national and international standards, protocols, and policy agendas.
Category:
Socio-economic
Macro-indicator:
Indirect Economic Impacts
Methodology:
GRI
Goal:
Infrastructure investments and services supported
a. Extent of development of significant infrastructure investments and services supported.
b. Current or expected impacts on communities and local economies, including positive and negative impacts where relevant.
c. Whether these investments and services are commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagements.
Category:
Socio-economic
Macro-indicator:
Living wage gap
Methodology:
SDPI - Sustainable Development Performance Indicators
Goal:
To disclose the living wage gap for the last 5 years to gauge the degree of progress
The gap between actual wages and benefits paid to a worker and a normative living wage. Wage levels should meet the locally relevant living wage and thus the living wage gap shall be no greater than zero.
Learn more about Context-Based Sustainability (CBS)
Category:
Socio-economic
Macro-indicator:
Local Community Development
Methodology:
Doshisha University Value Research Center
Goal:
Healthy, Safe, Resilient Community
Company has a written social citizenship policy, and provides (x%) of profits, or (y%) of revenues to poverty reduction programs, essential services, safe driving, homelessness, rough sleepers, health interventions, and/or wellbeing initiatives. Overall, its community-based efforts lead to an NPS score of 8 or higher from randomly sampled population.
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Category:
Socio-economic
Macro-indicator:
Local Community Development
Methodology:
Doshisha University Value Research Center
Goal:
Benefit-based capital spending
Company identifies and allocates (x%) of capital spending to sectors that disproportionately benefit women, the poor, and vulnerable groups, or focuses on other issues outlined in SDG Goal #3, including the reduction of maternal mortality rates, ending epidemics, etc. However, these can be superseded by more pressing issues that are being focused on within local communities or by municipal governments.
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Category:
Socio-economic
Macro-indicator:
Long-term work contracts
Methodology:
SDPI - Sustainable Development Performance Indicators
Goal:
To disclose for the last 5 years to gauge the degree of progress.
The age of the entity and the share of employees with long-term contracts.
Learn more about Context-Based Sustainability (CBS)
Category:
Socio-economic
Macro-indicator:
Market presence
Methodology:
GRI
Goal:
Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage
a. When a significant proportion of employees are compensated based on wages subject
to minimum wage rules, report the relevant ratio of the entry level wage by gender at
significant locations of operation to the minimum wage.
b. When a significant proportion of other workers (excluding employees) performing the
organization’s activities are compensated based on wages subject to minimum wage
rules, describe the actions taken to determine whether these workers are paid above
the minimum wage.
c. Whether a local minimum wage is absent or variable at significant locations of
operation, by gender. In circumstances in which different minimums can be used as a
reference, report which minimum wage is being used.
d. The definition used for ‘significant locations of operation’.
Category:
Socio-economic
Macro-indicator:
Procurement Practices
Methodology:
GRI
Goal:
Proportion of spending on local suppliers
Percentage of the procurement budget used for significant locations of operation that is spent on suppliers local to that operation (such as percentage of products and services purchased locally).
Category:
Socio-economic
Macro-indicator:
Responsible and ethical sourcing
Methodology:
SDPI - Sustainable Development Performance Indicators
Goal:
Disclosure of the extent to which an entity engages in responsible sourcing and purchasing practices.
the extent to which policies and programmes are engaged to ensure responsible sourcing and purchasing practices and it aims to gauge their working and effectiveness.
Learn more about Context-Based Sustainability (CBS)
Category:
Socio-economic
Macro-indicator:
Tax gap
Methodology:
SDPI - Sustainable Development Performance Indicators
Goal:
To disclose taxes for the last 5 years to gauge the degree of progress, and if any, in the top three countries (by revenue) in which it does business.
Assesses the tax gap between a company’s statutory tax rate (STR) and its estimated effective tax rate (ETR), meaning what companies are expected to pay according to official fiscal policy and what they actually pay, with the goal of not exceeding 5% on average over a five-year period based on Sayani’s methodology.
Learn more about Context-Based Sustainability (CBS)
Category:
Socio-economic
Macro-indicator:
Taxes
Methodology:
Doshisha University Value Research Center
Goal:
Transparent tax reporting
Transparently reporting on approach to taxes (in terms of governance and control), payments for all jurisdictions, that is audited by an outside objective 3rd party
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