JFS Indicators of Sustainability

Is Japan closer to sustainability, compared to the year before? Have we moved forward and closer even by an inch? Or somehow have we moving backwards, farther from sustainability?

In order to make answers to these questions visible, we at JFS envision defining indicators and work little by little to draw a big picture of a "Vision of a Sustainable Japan" or "The shape of a sustainable country."

• JFS Indicators - Introduction
• What is Sustainability?

JFS's Vision of a Sustainable Japan

• Sustainable Environment (Nature)
• Sustainable Economy
• Sustainable Society
• Individual well-being and quality of life

Indicators

• Framework for choosing sustainability Indicators
• Nature
• N-1.Species of Accipitridae Family in Danger of Extinction
• N-2.GHG (Greenhouse Gas) Emissions per capita
• N-3.Domestic Waste Generated per capita
• N-4.Input of Synthetic Agricultural Chemicals
• N-5.Percentage of Green Consumers
• Economy
• E-1.Percentage of Renewable Energy and Recycled Energy
• E-2.Resource Productivity
• E-3.Calorie-Based Food Self-Sufficiency Ratio
• E-4.General Government Debt Outstanding
• E-5.Aid as Percentage of Gross National Income
• Society
• S-1.Incidence Rate for General Crimes
• S-2.Percentage of people over 15 years of age who use only bicycles to commute from their home to work or school
• S-3.Percentage of Diet Seats Held By Women
• S-4.Production Volume of Traditional Crafts
• S-5.Percentage of SRI Type Securities Investment Fund Assets in Total Investment Trust Net Assets
• Wellbeing
• w-1.Percentage of People Satisfied With Their Present Lives
• w-2.Academic achievement measured by PISA
• w-3.Percentage of daily free time hours spent in volunteering and social participation
• w-4.Suicide Rate
• w-5.Public Assistance

Evaluation

• Japan's Sustainability Down 19% (since 1990)