BUS 200 Lecture 21: Lecture 21 Tuesday April 25
Chapter 3
From eco-efficient to eco-effective and eco-efficient sustainable development
• Eco-efficiency aims to reconcile environment
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in a more environment-friendly way
• addresses the basic principles and the reference framework of efficient and
• effective sustainable development in the built environment.
What eco-efficiency is not:
• Not a take-it-or-leave-it approach
• Not an either-or (but much more a bothand-and) approach
• Not a solution to all the problems on the way to sustainability
• Not a rigid framework
• Not ayoes sigle stategy
• Not a management system
• Not a certifiable standard
• Not a reporting format
• Not a cook-book with recipes
• Not something one can buy off the shelf
• Not an assurance against failure.
Efficiency can certainly be valuable if it is implemented as a tool in an effective system that is intended
to create a positive effect in a range of areas
3.2 Triple P
People, Planet and Profit (Triple P):
• People: individuals within and outside the enterprise;
• Planet: the effects on the environment in which we live;
• Profit: the production and economic effects of goods and services.
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