Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining supplier environmental impact (EI) can include identifying a number of tiers of suppliers for an activity of an entity, mapping the activity of the entity to an economic sector and an environmental sector using data accessed from a public database, and determining an EI for each supplier in the number of tiers of suppliers for the activity based on data associated with the mapped economic sector and the mapped environmental sector, wherein the method is performed by a computing device.

Abstract: Recommending options based on sustainability metrics includes identifying multiple end to end service delivery options, each of the end to end service delivery options having a kind of service, an application service provider to provide the kind of service, and a client device; calculating a sustainability value for each of the end to end service delivery options, and recommending one of the end to end service delivery options based on the sustainability value.

Abstract: In a method for facilitating assessment of a service, values of a plurality of metrics corresponding to the service are acquired. In addition, weights that a user has respectively assigned to each of the plurality of metrics are acquired and a service-level metric value for the service is calculated through calculation of a function that statistically evaluates the weights respectively assigned to the plurality of metrics and the acquired values of the plurality of metrics.

Abstract: A method of benchmarking a sustainability for service providers using a program having executable computer-readable instructions first includes selecting a plurality of service providers to evaluate for sustainability. A report is received from each of the selected service providers which includes at least one reported value characteristic having a value metric and at least one reported cost characteristic having a cost metric. The reported cost and value characteristics are compared to select at least one common value characteristic and at least one common cost characteristic each of which is common among the selected service providers. A service sustainability relationship is then computed as a function of the at least one common value characteristic and the at least one common cost characteristic to benchmark the sustainability of each of the selected service providers relative to one another.

Abstract: In a method for estimating a metric related to a service demand, a framework to be used in evaluating a services ecosystem or a services infrastructure is defined. The framework comprises a matrix of elements, in which the elements comprise a plurality of services and a plurality of services components that are usable in delivering at least one of the plurality of services. In addition, dependencies between the matrix elements are determined using initialization data and the metric related to the service demand is estimated through use of the framework.

Abstract: Disclosed examples relate to determining an entity's share of economic contribution and environmental burden. In one example, a processor estimates an entity's share of an economic contribution created by an activity relative to multiple entities. In one example, a processor estimates an entity's share of environmental burden caused by an activity relative to multiple entities. In one example, a processor determines an entity's impact related to an activity based on the entity's share of economic contribution and share of environmental burden related to the activity.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to determining environmental impact. For example, a method for determining environmental impact may include receiving, by an electronic device, environmental information indicative of an aggregate environmental impact of an activity performed by multiple entities, receiving, by the electronic device, financial information related to an entity's association with the activity, and determining, by the electronic device, the environmental impact of the entity based on the environmental information and the financial information. The method may further include outputting, by the electronic device, the determined environmental impact.