General Purpose Frameworks
In practice, TBL is typically applied using either a general-purpose framework or a special-purpose tool. General-purpose TBL frameworks are intended as guides for officials, staff and other stakeholders for identifying the key costs and benefits of a particular proposed action, or set of alternative actions. A framework may also include information about why thinking in terms of a comprehensive accounting of benefits and costs leads to decisions that are more efficient and fair.
Unlike a Consumer Reports rating, a general-purpose TBL framework does not include specific evaluation measures. Instead, a framework is typically a structured checklist of general questions intended to help identify and organize key information for making all kinds of decisions. A framework won't automatically tell decision-makers the "right" decision, but it will help decision-makers work towards a decision they ultimately make themselves.
"Sustainability Triple Bottom Line
Analysis Framework."
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