Benchmark

START provides standardized sustainability metrics and language, rooted in research, so your school can benchmark its sustainability levels.

By answering a comprehensive survey across 53 metrics* and 3 levels of difficulty, you’ll be able to understand where your school is now, so you set goals, plan effectively, and track your progress. You can even create a comprehensive report to support informed decision-making.

*START’s metrics align with 14 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) as well as the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Program.

How sustainable are we now?

What are our strengths?

What else can we do?

Your START Scorecard

START can help you inspires change through a shared vision, clearly communicated through data visualizations and a common language for school sustainability.

As you benchmark, your START Scorecard will populate to provide a birds-eye view of your sustainability levels, while the List View provides a more granular breakdown.

Create a Sustainability
Baseline Report

START makes it easy to create a Sustainability Baseline Report, with input from diverse school personnel.

A report — which can be compiled at the start of your journey and/ or annually, can be delivered to school decision-makers and stakeholders to support informed decision-making an strategic planning.

START enables your school to:

  • Tackle Whole School Sustainability by breaking it down into manageable steps across 3 levels of difficulty.

    • (Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced - with additional tiers coming soon!)

  • Set your own goals and move at your own pace.

  • Collaborate, structure and organize diverse sustainability efforts in a central database.

  • Track, visualize and document your progress.