Sustainable Business Development (For-Profit or Nonprofit)
The World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland
Commission), in its report “Our Common Future” (Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1987), defines sustainable development:
“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs. It contains within it two key concepts:
- the concept of needs, in particular the essential needs of
the world’s poor, to which overriding priority should be given;- and the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology
and social organization on the environment’s ability to meet
present and future needs.”
The profession of management is increasingly interested in
sustainable development as today’s organizations confront the
realities of managing limited resources, many of which were previously
considered to be unlimited in scope. For example, sustainable
development was the main topic of the national Organization Development
Network’s 2003 conference. Sustainable development often looks
at three major aspects of development, including sociological,
ecological and economic. The information in this topic is by no
means complete. However, like so many other topics in the Library,
there’s enough in this topic to get you started.
Sections of This Topic Include
Introduction and Basics
General Resources and Organizations
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NOTE: If you were looking for guidelines to
ensure that your organization remains sustainable, then see the
topic
Organizational
Sustainability. If you were looking for guidelines about business
development, in general, see
Business
Development.
Introduction and Basics
The Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2010
Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
The Road Less Traveled: Funders’ Advice on the Path to Nonprofit Sustainability
General Resources and Organizations
International
Network for Trade and Sustainable Development
United
Nations for Sustainable Development
World
Wide Web Virtual Library on Sustainable Development
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Institute
for Sustainable Enterprise, Fairleigh Dickenson University
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