Their desire for metrics is grounded on the proposition that in a business setting “what you don’t measure, you can’t manage”. However, the measurement and monitoring of business activities is not necessarily easy at the practical level. This is partly because the concept of sustainable development is too multi-faceted for simple quantitative measurement and because an emphasis on environmental and social aspects often runs counter to the conventional government and industry agenda of economic growth. The subsequent section categorises the sets of indicators, each category’s characteristics are then presented, with appropriate examples, and analysed on the basis of certain predefined criteria.