The attached discussion of sustainability by John O'Neill might be a starting point. 

The reference is:  

O'Neill, J., Moellendorf, D. (ed.) & Widdows, H. (ed.) 2015 The Routledge Handbook of Global Ethics. London: Routledge, p. 401-415 15 p. 

Many thanks for your suggestion, I will start reading the paper right away!

The literature on sustainable finance have produced concepts such as the triple bottom line, alternative measures to GDP such as welfare or sustainability, and corporate social responsibility are well stocked with papers on the subject. Domenech Mele's work at IESE Business School connected managerial actions to ethics and personal values. He has published a number of books on the subject that you can access online by typing his name in your search criteria.

Trust this helps.

It's an interesting formulation of the question: "values creep". Values are there to start with, don't you think? GDP is well-based on values of economic rationality, that is, the belief that everything can be accounted through one abstract medium (money) . GPI and ISEW factor in the value of environment.  GPI includes social values, such as the value of education and equality. I would not call it "creep", rather "raising awareness". 

Thank you, Tetyana, I agree, the "values creep" formulation was mainly there in relation with GDP. GDP seems to have gotten a sort of "objective" status, a "value-free" number (putting it very concesily). I am looking for contributions that make the invisible visible (in that sense indeed raising awareness) and show what values are prominent in the respective indices. Being a pluralist I am interested in the strengths and weaknesses of the respective indices, not so much in replacing GDP by one better index. So if you would have any suggestions about papers taking that pluralist angle, please let me know! Thanks.

Hi Jeroen, I have looked through my collection - I don't have anything on "universal" indices like GDP. But I have many works on sustainability indicators, specifically, concerning sustainable cities. Would you like me to share those?

Hi Tetyana, if you would have paper that offers a nice, general overview/comparison of indicators concerning sustainable cities, that would be very welcome, thank you.

I think Kates and others are well-known and well-cited:

What is sustainable development? Goals, indicators, values, and practice

Kates W. Robert , Thomas M. Parris & Anthony A. Leiserowitz

Published online: 02 Aug 2012

And, perhaps, this one?

Meta-performance evaluation of sustainability indicators

T. B. Ramos a, Sandra Caeiro

https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/elsevier/meta-performance-evaluation-of-sustainability-indicators-eq0Li0F0fv

There's also Global urban indicators database from the UN Habitat -  I recall it's not a good comparison but definitely an overview:

http://www.cityindicators.org/Deliverables/Global%20Urban%20Indicators%20Databa_12-4-2007-1028705.pdf

Thank you for the links, Tetyana!