Florian Findler|Norma Schönherr|Rodrigo Lozano|Barbara Stacherl
Assessing the Impacts of Higher Education Institutions on Sustainable Development—An Analysis of Tools and Indicators
Vienna University of Economics and Business|Vienna University of Economics and Business|University of Gävle|Vienna University of Economics and Business
many higher education institutions heis started incorporate sustainable development sd system variety sustainability assessment tools sats developed support heis systematically measure audit benchmark communicate sd efforts recent years stakeholders increasingly asked heis demonstrate impacts sd impacts direct indirect effects hei outside organizational boundaries society natural environment economy study analyzes extent sats capable measuring impacts heis sd mixedmethod approach using descriptive statistics inductive content analysis used examine 1134 indicators sustainability assessment derived 19 sats explicitly designed application heis findings reveal sats largely neglect impacts heis outside organizational boundaries sats primarily use proxy indicators based internally available data assess impacts thus tend focus themes concerning natural environment contribution local economy updating existing sats developing new ones may enable heis fully realize potential contribute sd