What is Sustainable Development?
What Does Sustainable Development Mean?
" Sustainable development is concerned with the development of a society where the costs of development are not transferred to future generations, or at least an attempt is made to compensate for such costs" (Pearce, 1993).
What Are the Three Pillars of Sustainability?
The three pillars of sustainability are the environment, society,
and the economy, those were first mentioned in the Brundtland report in 1987. Sustainable development is built
on top of those 3 pillars because it can be achieved only when environmental
protection, social equity, and economic profitability coexist without one area
taking over any of the others.
The environmental pillar of
sustainable development involves regulations, laws, and other tools used to
deal with environmental facts and issues such as the
management of land, freshwater, oceans, forests, air, natural resources, and
wildlife.- The social pillar refers to initiatives,
public policies, planning, and regulations supporting social issues. These
include things such as fighting poverty, social justice, peace, promoting
diversity, quality of living, access to healthcare, education, community
development, cultural sustainability and heritage, and some
aspects of religion.
- The economic pillar of sustainability is
essential for the business’s existence: a business needs to be economically
viable to be sustainable. At the same time, a sustainable business should look
at profitability as just one component of the company’s strategy.
Example of a sustainable development practice:
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Definitions of
Sustainability (no date) Definitions of sustainability. Available
at: http://www.ecifm.rdg.ac.uk/definitions.htm (Accessed: January 28, 2023). |
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The three pillars of
sustainability explained (2022) Sustainability Success. Available
at: https://sustainability-success.com/three-pillars-of-sustainability/
(Accessed: January 29, 2023). |
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Home (no date) Bay
Area Green Tours. Available at:
https://www.bayareagreentours.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAz9ieBhCIARIsACB0oGIgLZ-klaDPVxm_qLhiZ5tlK205hkVlMMuOUjZLEWwku02EEyTbRnEaAvXVEALw_wcB
(Accessed: January 29, 2023). |
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