Sustainability Intelligence is the marriage of business intelligence software software and the concepts of sustainable development. Sustainability Intelligence software has all the same reporting, querying, OLAP, spreadsheets, dashboard, data mining, process mining, business performance management, tools of traditional business intelligence but the traditional financial bottom is joined by environmental and social bottom lines. This Triple Bottom Line system allows users who may not be familiar with all the metrics and concepts of sustainable development to make sound decisions.
The term Sustainability Intelligence is an attempt to categorize an emerging new bread of business intelligence software and business process management tools. The primary standard being followed by today's sustainability intelligence software is the Global Reporting Initiative. Among the forces contributing to the rise of sustainability intelligence software are a broadening of the definition of Corporate Social Responsibility, governmental imposed standards & regulations for environmental reporting and recognition of the long term economic benefits of sustainable development.