Conducting sustainability assessments : [this report contains the proceedings of an OECD Workshop on Sustainability Assessment Methodologies held in Amsterdam the Netherlands on 14 15 January 2008] Is it possible to assess the economic environmental and social impacts of a policy or programme in an integrated fashion This volume reviews the state of the art in conducting sustainability assessments including the range of methodologies and tools available. It describes current practice in OECD countries as well as the continuing debate on quantifying and comparing diverse types of short and long term policy impacts