Appropriate Technology

Using the simplest and most benign technology to achieve an intended purpose.  Read More

AccountAbility 1000S

AccountAbility is a not-for-profit certification and research organization founded in the UK in 1995. The 1000 Series is AccounAbility’s guidelines for reporting on social, environmental and ethical performance. More information: www.accountability.org.uk  Read More

Accountability

Being answerable, or responsible, to stakeholders. In Sustainable Management this goes beyond financial stakeholders to include any natural or social systems affected by a business, including customers, employees, and communities.  Read More

6 Sigma

A quality management system pioneered by Motorola and used by many manufacturing companies. Sigma refers to a standard deviation of a set of statistics. If defects occur according to a standard normal distribution, “six sigma” corresponds to approximately two quality failures per billion parts manufactured. In practical application of the Six Sigma methodology, however, the rate is taken to be 3.4 per million. 6 Sigma excels at improving manufacturing... Read More