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Sample Sustainability Rating Report

An illustrative example of a full SYNE Sustainability Rating report - the dimension scorecard, criteria-level detail, peer benchmark, and SYNE Index position an unlisted organisation actually receives.

Sustainability Rating · Health & Community Nonprofit · Canada

Amara Health Foundation

Unlisted, non-profit  ·  Rating date: 9 July 2026  ·  Methodology v1.2

A
Overall Grade
71.3 / 100 Composite score
Emerging Stars SYNE Index position
75% Criteria Assured or Disclosed
B → A Change since first rated
9 Jul 2027 Next scheduled review
Illustrative report, not a real rated entity
Built on the published Sustainability Ratings Methodology
Signed off by the independent Rating Committee
Executive summary

Why Amara Health Foundation is rated A.

Amara Health Foundation is rated A (composite score 71.3/100), continuing its upgrade path from an initial B rating two review cycles ago, driven by consistently strong mission delivery and improving board oversight.

Social Impact & Community is the strongest dimension at AA, reflecting well-documented beneficiary outcomes and active community engagement. Governance, at AA, benefits from a recently strengthened board structure, though conflict-of-interest documentation remains an area for improvement. Economic & Industry, at B, is the foundation's most improvable dimension - funding diversification remains concentrated in a small number of grant sources.

Amara sits in the Emerging Stars quadrant of the SYNE Index: governance and data verification are comparatively mature for an organisation of its size, while environmental, social and economic performance still have room to grow before the foundation moves into Front Runners.

Component breakdown

Four dimensions, weighted to 100.

Scored under the Sustainability Ratings Methodology's Environmental (25%), Social (20%), Governance (35%, including controversies & disclosure quality), and Economic & Industry (20%) framework - 60 criteria in total.

68 Environmental (25% weight) 82 Social (20% weight) 75 Governance (35% weight) 58 Economic & Industry (20% weight) 71.3 composite, weighted
E
68Score

Environmental

Developing resource use and waste management practices, proportionate to the foundation's size.

A
S
82Score

Social

Well-documented mission delivery and strong beneficiary outcome tracking.

AA
G
75Score

Governance

Strengthened board oversight; conflict-of-interest documentation still maturing.

AA
X
58Score

Economic & Industry

Funding remains concentrated in a small number of grant sources.

B
Criteria-level detail

All 16 representative criteria behind each score.

Amara is scored against all 60 criteria in the Sustainability Ratings Methodology. The table below shows all four criteria per dimension, with their individual score and data quality flag.

CriterionDimensionScoreData Quality
Resource & Energy UseEnvironmental65Disclosed
Waste & Emissions ManagementEnvironmental60Estimated
Environmental Policy & CommitmentsEnvironmental75Disclosed
Facilities & Operational FootprintEnvironmental72Assured
Mission Delivery & Beneficiary OutcomesSocial90Assured
Workforce Practices & WellbeingSocial78Disclosed
Community & Stakeholder EngagementSocial85Assured
Diversity, Equity & InclusionSocial75Disclosed
Board & Oversight StructureGovernance80Assured
Financial Controls & StewardshipGovernance85Assured
Conflict of Interest ManagementGovernance70Disclosed
Regulatory & Legal ComplianceGovernance65Estimated
Economic Value Generation & DistributionEconomic & Industry55Disclosed
Institution-Type Materiality FactorsEconomic & Industry60Disclosed
Funding Diversification & SustainabilityEconomic & Industry50Estimated
Sector Positioning & ResilienceEconomic & Industry67Disclosed
40% Assured 35% Disclosed 25% Estimated
Benchmark

How Amara compares to sector peers.

Ranked against a sample peer set of health and community nonprofits, drawn from the SYNE Index Sector family.

RankOrganisationComposite ScoreGradeSYNE Index Position
1Brightpath Community Trust78.3AAFront Runners
2Amara Health Foundation71.3AEmerging Stars
3Solace Family Services69.1ARising Stars
4Harborview Relief Network52.7BEmerging Stars
-Sector average67.8A-
SYNE Index position

Standards Alignment & Data Quality, plotted.

High X · High Y

Front Runners

Strong Environmental, Social and Economic & Industry performance, backed by well-governed, independently verified disclosure.

High X · Lower Y

Rising Stars

Strong underlying performance, with governance, disclosure or controversy management still maturing.

Lower X · High Y

Emerging Stars

Well-governed and well-verified, but with narrower Environmental, Social or Economic & Industry ambition.

● Amara Health Foundation
Lower X · Lower Y

Backmarkers

Limited performance across the three performance dimensions, with unresolved governance or disclosure gaps.

Rating history

Three review cycles.

Review dateComposite scoreGradeChange
9 Jul 202671.3A- Affirmed
10 Jul 202562.8A▲ Upgrade
11 Jul 202454.1BInitial rating
Governance

Rating Committee sign-off.

Lead Analyst
Sustainability Ratings Team, Institutions & Nonprofits Group
Approved by
SYNE Rating Committee, 9 July 2026
Next scheduled review
9 July 2027

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