Environmental Quality ManagementVolume 24, Issue 4 p. 1-9 FEATURE How Widely Used Sustainability Metrics Distort Actual Performance—And a Solution to This All-Too-Common Problem Jon Bartley, Jon Bartley Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCSearch for more papers by this authorFrank Buckless, Frank Buckless Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCSearch for more papers by this authorY.S. Al Chen, Y.S. Al Chen Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCSearch for more papers by this authorStephen Harvey, Stephen Harvey Bacardi Limited (retired)Search for more papers by this authorD. Scott Showalter, D. Scott Showalter Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCSearch for more papers by this authorGilroy Zuckerman, Gilroy Zuckerman Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCSearch for more papers by this author Jon Bartley, Jon Bartley Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCSearch for more papers by this authorFrank Buckless, Frank Buckless Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCSearch for more papers by this authorY.S. Al Chen, Y.S. Al Chen Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCSearch for more papers by this authorStephen Harvey, Stephen Harvey Bacardi Limited (retired)Search for more papers by this authorD. Scott Showalter, D. Scott Showalter Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCSearch for more papers by this authorGilroy Zuckerman, Gilroy Zuckerman Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCSearch for more papers by this author First published: 31 July 2015 https://doi.org/10.1002/tqem.21400Citations: 1Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume24, Issue4Summer 2015Pages 1-9 RelatedInformation