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For each project activity as included in scheduled A and scheduled B (Refer table 1), corresponding performance indicator(s) will be identified, monitored and measured to gauge the actual performance of the project that has been taken. There will be three types of indicators i.e. (1) Environmental Condition Indicators (Ambient) (ECI), (2) Operational performance Indicators (OPI) and (3) Management Performance Indicators (MPI). The details are given below;
Table 1: Performance indicator
| Sr. No | Performance indicators | Detailed information |
| 1 | Environmental Condition Indicators (Ambient)(ECI) | Indicators that influence the local, regional, national or global condition of the environment, ecology and energy |
| 2 | Operational performance Indicators (OPI) | Indicators that impact the following;
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| 3 | Management Performance Indicators (MPI) | Indicators that are based on:
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Table 2: Sustainability projects under schedule A and their evaluation criteria
| Sr. No. | Sustainability Project Categories – Schedule A | Objectives | Evaluation criteria/Performance indicators | ||
| ECI | OPI | MPI | |||
| 1 | Waste Management | Objective: To reduce hazardous waste generation | Concentration of toxic contaminants in waste outlet stream | Percentage of targets to achieving project objective that have been successful as planned | Amount of hazardous waste produced per unit of product |
| 2 | Water Management | Objective: To reduce water consumption | Concentration of contaminants in water inlet to plant | Cost of water savings after implementation of project/activity to achieve objective | water consumption per unit of product |
| 3 | Energy Management | Objective: To increase energy efficiency | Not applicable | Number of persons trained in implementing Energymanagement Systems in the plant | Energy used annually per unit of product |
| 4 | Renewable energy | Objective: To promote utilization of renewable energy | Not applicable | Percentage of total electricity used from renewable energy either through purchase of RE or REC | Resource allocation for setting up of RE generation projects and/or voluntary procurement of RECs |
| 5 | Biodiversity Conservation | Objective: To implement initiatives to protect a particular animal species in the vicinity of plant | Population of specific animal species within a defined area | Not applicable | Percentage of initiatives targets that have been achieved |
| 6 | Material & Natural Resource Management | Objective: To implement initiatives to ensure the soil quality in the surrounding area of plant | Contaminant Concentration in soil | Not applicable | Percentage of initiatives targets that have been achieved |
Note: Performance indicators will be assessed against the targets set by CPSE
Table 3: Sustainability projects under schedule B and their evaluation criteria
| Sr. No | Sustainability Project Categories | Evaluation criteria/ Performance indicators |
| Schedule B | ||
| 1 | Carbon Management | (1) Environmental Condition Indicators (Ambient) (ECI),(2) Operational performance Indicators (OPI) and(3) Management Performance Indicators (MPI) |
| 2 | Supply Chain | |
| 3 | External Charters/ Mandate | |
| 4 | Life Cycle Analysis | |
| 5 | SD Reporting (Read more on sustainability reporting based on GRI guidelines in India) | |
| 6 | Training |
These criteria are aligned with DPE 2012-13 guidelines.
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Is this article completely based on the old guidelines? since there are many changes in the revised one which is effective from 1st April 2013.
Yes! This article is based on old guidelines. However, new guidelines also have nearly same performance indicators.
Can u please provide me the link of the new guidelines which u are talking about.
In your old comment, you have mentioned that, there are many changes in the revised guidelines which are effective from 1st April 2013.I thought you must be having these guidelines with you. Do check it on DPE website. It's readily available there.
Of course, i have gone through the guidelines which i was talking about but i could see the difference in the indicators from the revised guidelines. since you have mentioned that the performance indicators are nearly same, i just wanted to confirm.