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The sustainability challenge

In 1987 the Brundtland Report, also known as Our Common Future, alerted the world to the urgency of making progress toward economic development that could be sustained without depleting natural resources or harming the environment.

Published by an international group of politicians, civil servants and experts on the environment and development, the report provided a key statement on sustainable development, defining it as:

Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

For a business, this means considering environmental and social issues alongside economic demands when making decisions. It concerns the triple bottom line of planet, people, and profit.

Here you will find some helpful advice how you as a business, and also as an individual at home, can make a difference in the way you live and work. You never know, it may even save you some money along the way!

Within this section

• Energy
  The UK has set a target to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 20% by 2010 …
• Waste
  As a nation we are producing increasing amounts of waste each year …
• Water
  Everyone uses water and the hotter the weather, the more we use …
• Getting around
  Transport is responsible for around ¼ of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions …
• Consumerism We are a nation of shoppers and it's easy to forget that the products we buy can have enormous environmental impacts …