APS111H1 Lecture 30: Sustainability
25 Nov 2015
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Sustainability is the intersection of social, environmental, and economic. Manage business to provide fair return to investors. How did we get here: 1798 thomas maltus. But, food production was increasing only incrementally: conclusion. First time an environmental limit was set to ever expanding human needs. Group of researchers that looked at global pollution, food per capita, services. Wastes and pollutant production > assimilative capacity. United nations: 1983 un commission on environment and development (brundtland. Sustainable development meets the needs present without compromising the future generations to meet their own needs: 1992 rio declaration. World bank and the private sector: 1995 robert goodland. Outputs: assimilative capacity of local environment > waste emission. Inputs: generation/development rate > harvest rate: 1997 john elkington. Cannibals with forks: the triple bottom line of 21st century business. Framework for measuring and reporting performance against economic, social, and environmental factors. Triple bottom line (tbl ) = people, planet, profit. 3 types of performance measures: economy, environment, society.
