Assume that you have accepted a job in Corporate Governance and on your first day in the role you come across the Performance Ladder illustrated below.

Prioritized Strategic Objectives (SOS] Level accomplished SO 1 = SO 2 = SO 3 = SO 4 = e.g recycle 60% of e.g. reduce carbon e.g. switch to 50% e.g reduce fresh colid waste emissions by 13%% renewable energy water consumption sources bx 60% Weighting /10: 1.5 4.0 3.0 1.5 Superlative level of 10 60% 15% 50% 60% accomplishment Distinctive improvement 9 50% 14% 45% 54% Creditable improvement 8 40% 13% 40% 48% Significant improvement 7 30% 12% 35% 42% Acceptable 20% 11% 28% 36% improvement No 5 10% 10% 22% 30% improvement A little worse 4 9% 2% 16% 24% than last year Unacceptable worse than last 3 8% 8% 12% 18% year Highly unacceptable 2 7% 7% 8% 12% Inexcusable poor 6% 6% 4% 6% performance Totally despicable 0 Less than 5% Less than 5% 0% 0% performance Table 1: A Conceptual Framework for the Monitoring of Business Sustainability