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sustainability index
noun[ C ]
ukuspluralsustainability indexes | orsustainability indices
ENVIRONMENT, STOCK MARKET
a system that measures the financial results of companies that try to protect the environment rather than just make a quick profit:
DJSI World, the Dow Jones' premier sustainability index, identifies the top 10% of best-performing companies in areas of sustainability.
COMMERCE, ENVIRONMENT
a list of product information provided for consumers who want to understand the process involved in making the products they buy and how that process affects the environment:
The sustainability index shows consumers a product's environmental impact.
Examples of sustainability index
sustainability index
Table 4 shows the predicted percentage change in the different sustainability indices for the five most environmentally sustainable overall management practices acting singly.
Table 5 shows the predicted percentage change in the different sustainability indices after introducing genetic changes in terms of plant and animal functional traits acting singly.
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