Sustainability

What would a sustainable future look like to you? Report

Table of contents

Executive Summary

1. Introduction

-1.1 Purpose of the report

-1.2 Scope & limitation of the report

-1.3 Background of the report with the research question

2. Findings

-2.1 Describe the 3 perspectives of sustainability

-2.2 Aims of the environmental perspective

-2.3 The challenges faced by the environmental viewpoint

-2.4 Nature of actions or measures to overcome the challenges faced by environmental viewpoint

-2.5 Describe the social perspective

-2.6 Aims of the social perspective

-2.7 The challenges faced by the social viewpoint

-2.8 Nature of actions or measures to overcome the challenges faced by social viewpoint

-2.9 Describe the triple bottom line perspective

-2.10 Aims of the triple bottom line perspective

-2.11 The challenges faced by the triple bottom line viewpoint

-2.12 Nature of actions or measures to overcome the challenges faced by the triple bottom line viewpoint

3. Discussion

-3.1 Highlight key points on existing knowledge and expert opinions on the environmental perspective

-3.2 use information from expert opinions and concepts, what do you think to develop your own discussion

-3.3 key points on social perspectives and what you think about it?

-3.4 key points on the triple bottom line perspectives and what you think about it?

1. Introduction

Sustainability to me is the ability to sustain the Earth and its natural resources for generations to come. In other words it is development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs. (United Nations, 1987 paragraph 1). In the article Buddha to Bono, the author Hundloe, does not believe in the single bottom line. Instead he believes that triple bottom lines are interconnected. ( Hundloe, T. (2008). From Buddha to Bono: Seeking sustainability). Triple bottom line consists of economic, social and environmental...