**Dimensions** * *[[Tool Attributes]]:* #canvas #framework #related-workshop #research-driven #practice-based #collaborative-tool #linked-toolkit #requires-facilitation #tested * *[[Stakeholders]]:* #private-sector #educators #researchers * *[[Value Generation]]:* #life-cycle #sustainable-value * *[[Sustainability Strategy]]:* #value-analysis #mapping-activities #stakeholder-analysis #business-models #ideation #systems-thinking [Creating and Capturing Value Through Sustainability](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08956308.2017.1301001) [Sustainable Value Analysis Tool (SVAT)](https://yangmiyingblog.wordpress.com/svat/) is a tool to help guide businesses through a process of sustainability-focused business model innovation. It combines ideas from life cycle thinking, multiple stakeholders, value creation with the three pillars of sustainability (economic, social, and environmental value). **Key concepts** - Lifecycle thinking - Multiple stakeholders - Value uncaptured - Economic, social, and environmental value The tool tries to instill the idea that one can look at the life cycle of a product in three stages of beginning, middle and end of life. ![[Previous Versions/Version 1/Files/Screenshot 2021-10-12 at 6.36.05 PM.png]] The guide walks the user through the different stages to be followed as well as a breakdown of the activities with prompts and examples. ![[Previous Versions/Version 1/Files/Screenshot 2021-10-12 at 6.43.46 PM.png]] This process model is the reimagination of the existing business models by extending the search to include resources that have not been into practice. ![[Previous Versions/Version 1/Files/Screenshot 2021-11-09 at 3.56.00 PM.png]] [[Previous Versions/Version 1/3 - collections/idea generation and adaptation]] [[Previous Versions/Version 1/3 - collections/business models and business design]]