ES 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Energy Harvesting, Move, Greenwashing
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Sustainability has many definitions: activities that meet present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs . Waste management: china receives 20% of the asian recycling market, primarily china, pakistan, and india, there are hundreds of thousands of workers, but undrinkable water in some areas, it impacts people"s lives globally. The triple bottom line: sustainability is coined the triple bottom line," expressing that industry has to expand the traditional economic aspects to include environmental and social dimensions to create a more sustainable business. " . Elkington 1997: people, planet, & profits. B-corps: benefit corporations, profit-driven company with an interest and a legal obligation to focus on people and planet, not just profit, ben & jerry"s, kickstarter, etc. Product design: strive for higher up the steps. Paths to sustainability: example of a typical sustainability journey: bulmer"s, corporate sustainability journey, a currently atypical sustainability journey.