As a science-based organization, The Natural Step is committed to conducting rigorous assessments of our specific programs as well as our overall organizational impacts. Monitoring and evaluation efforts are coordinated by the in-house research team and focus on analyzing whether, and how, our programs are contributing to the broader goal of shifting companies, agencies, organizations and communities toward sustainability. This ongoing effort creates the institutional mechanism through which The Natural Step continually questions, studies and improves our programs in order to ensure that we are achieving our broader mission.