More indicator systems for sustainable development
Cercle indicateurs
The Cercle indicateurs is a forum dedicated to the development and use of sustainability indicators for Swiss cities and cantons. A common set of core indicators, for example, is used to compare cities or cantons with one another.
More information about the Cercle Inidcateurs in
French or
German
Ecological Footprint
The Ecological Footprint measures the impact of human activities on nature's renewable and regenerative capacity both in terms of consumption of natural resources as well as waste output.
To: Global Footprint Network 
To: Switzerland's ecological footprint
EUROSTAT - Indicators for sustainable development
Eurostat has developed a set of indicators to monitor, assess and review the EU's Sustainable Development Strategy. A parallel objective is to keep the general public informed of progress towards commonly agreed sustainable development objectives.
To: Eurostat indicators
OECD - Sustainable Development Statistics
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) examines various topics (e.g. technology, trade, climate change, agriculture, social cohesion, education) from a sustainable development viewpoint and publishes related statistics.
To: OECD statistics
UN-CSD set of indicators
Based on voluntary national testing and expert group consultations, the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UN-CSD) has compiled a core set of 58 indicators.
This set is currently being revised. An updated set is expected to be released in 2006.
To: UN-CSD set
