start-up and new ventures, emerging technologies, mature brand success and well established national conglomerates.
The rating system has been developed using survey creation and administration methodology, keeping in mind that all three aspects of sustainability are equally important Each question works to determine how much to reward or encourage certain business practices, based on the impact of an initiative or practice on sustainability The varied and exhaustive nature of the questions, ensure that the survey is relevant to large and small businesses in both the manufacturing and service sectors
In order to start developing a rating system for the CoS, research was done on other types of rating systems, from well known rating systems to nonprofit organizations Each rating system was analyzed for its purpose, stakeholders, benefits and weaknesses Benefits were used to decide what would be important to include in a comprehensive rating system Weaknesses of each system were also important to understand to avoid the pitfalls of other rating systems
