**Dimensions** * *[[Tool Attributes]]:* #related-framework #guide #practice-based * *[[Stakeholders]]:* #investors #entrepreneurs #assessment-institutions * *[[Value Generation]]:* #sustainable-value * *[[Sustainability Strategy]]:* #impact-analysis #business-models #signaling-sustainability #performance-benchmarking #capacity-building #reporting-progress This framework works with criteria and indicators for assessing the sustainability of startups. It enables start-ups, investors and capital providers, startup supporters and assessment institutions with a qualitative and practice-oriented approach to assess the potential and actual sustainability results of start-ups. There are two major stages in the process: 1. Assessment of the business context 2. Assessment of the individual sustainability metrics - Clarify the goal/ambition of the assessment - Plan/prepare the assessment - Collect information - Perform the assessment - Derive findings and critically assess them - Define and implement follow-up measures The tool presents detailed criteria into two distinct phases of ==pre-screening== and ==due diligence== ![[Version 3 - Current/Files/DIN-SPEC-90051-1-Application-tool_EN_final.pdf]] [[Previous Versions/Version 1/3 - collections/impact assessment and value related]]