{"id":4706,"date":"2016-08-21T01:15:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T01:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf102\/?page_id=4706"},"modified":"2016-08-21T01:15:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T01:15:57","slug":"four-system-conditions-for-a-sustainability-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/csf102\/learning-pathways\/sustainability-impacts-assessment\/four-system-conditions-for-a-sustainability-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Four system conditions for a sustainability assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Natural Step 4 System Conditions<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

An important first step before carrying out a sustainability impacts assessment is to define the scope of what you are assessing. A useful way to do this is to draw a map of the system (be it an organisation, community, project or a whole value chain) that you are assessing using the Natural Step’s fours system conditions. The map can show the flow of materials, energy, organisations, people and money involved.<\/p>\n

Using an organisation as an example, the process involves asking a series of questions:\n<\/p>\n