Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A 2014 session by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development promoting corporate responsibility and sustainable development.. Corporate sustainability is an approach aiming to create long-term stakeholder value through the implementation of a business strategy that focuses on the ethical, social, environmental, cultural, and economic dimensions of doing business. [1]
He created a forum called "Business Council for Sustainable Development", which went on to become Changing Course, a book that coined the concept of eco-efficiency. [ 5 ] The WBCSD was created in 1995 as a merger of the Business Council for Sustainable Development and the World Industry Council for the Environment [ 6 ] and is based at the ...
Sustainable development overlaps with the idea of sustainability which is a normative concept. [5] UNESCO formulated a distinction between the two concepts as follows: "Sustainability is often thought of as a long-term goal (i.e. a more sustainable world), while sustainable development refers to the many processes and pathways to achieve it." [6]
Human Development in Cultural and Historical Contexts; Interdisciplinary Approaches to Knowledge and Development; The Jacobs Foundation Series on Adolescence; Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives; Pathways in Crime; Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
Original file (1,275 × 1,650 pixels, file size: 436 KB, MIME type: application/pdf, 35 pages) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.
The Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development (IPFSD) is a dynamic document created to help governments formulate sound investment policy, especially international investment agreements (IIAs), that capitalize on foreign direct investment (FDI) for sustainable development. [1]
Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-03 (pp. 17–26) Iris Borowy, Defining Sustainable Development: the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission), Milton Park: earthscan/Routledge, 2014; WBGU (10 July 2019). Our common digital future – a draft charter for a sustainable digital age (PDF).
A business strategy for supply chain environmental performance can deliver measurable environmental benefits for the company and its stakeholders. [21] A sustainable sourcing strategy positions the company for increasing demands of higher disclosure and investor scrutiny, more environmentally focused consumers, and scarce resources.