Hawai'i Green Growth launched the Sustainability Measures Start-Up Project is working with state agencies, the four Counties and partner organizations to building upon existing metrics projects in Hawai'i and develop practical, public sustainability indicators to track progress on the Aloha+ Challenge targets: clean energy, local food, natural resources, waste reduction, smart sustainable communities, and green workforce & education. The start-up project timeframe is from January 2014 through July 2015.

The project will be selecting indicators for two of the six Aloha+ Challenge targets in 2014 - clean energy and waste reduction - to feature on the state sustainability dashboard, which will be launched in early 2015. The project will also outline a process to add the other targets in the future, as each sector is ready. The target audiences for the state sustainabilty dashboard are key decision makers, the general public, and members of statewide and county-based sustainability action networks.

Concurrently, the project will strengthen statewide and county-based sustainability networks committed to collaborative action and progress on shared sustainability targets.