SUSTAINABILITY Some companies have support schemes that encourage
employees to use public transportation systems or use a bike. Other indirect benefits are the preservation of nature for biodiversity and recreational space for future generations. Businesses not only profit from reducing energy
consumption and optimisation of material usage. Funding is available for businesses to strategically implement sustainability. This primarily supports local and smaller businesses to advance while remaining competitive on the market. Beside financial support, support can be found in the form of technology transfer and consulting. New businesses launch as consultants specialised in sustainable business development. Social sustainability is linked to human interaction and
mental health. Topics such as human rights, health equity, labour rights and social support are established or executed by governments and unions. Community development and social responsibility develops in the dynamic of our society. As we spend around one-third of our day working and communicating with others in a work- related manner, mental health issues become more
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common with the increasing pressure and responsibility at work. Moreover, dissatisfaction can be enhanced by the semi-transparency of social media and the fast-changing labour market. A balance between work and social life is desirable, but often our social life is as stressful as our work life and the boundaries can become blurred. To be a productive person/team a good work climate is essential. This can happen naturally or can be stimulated by a mediator. Team building exercises and workshops seems sometimes childish, though those exercises were the first interactions we had with other children when we were younger and should establish trust, sympathy and personal boundaries – aspects for harmonic cooperation. A direct appraisable outcome of social sustainability is difficult to quantify. It is inevitable that economic growth involved
environmental damage. As our societies grow and more products are consumed, more material is needed to support the growing demand and the more waste will be accumulated. A further aspect is the lifetime of goods, which becomes less in this fast-changing
Building a
sustainable future
Daniel Grossegger (pictured), a third year PhD student and part of the sustainable research network at the
University of Nottingham, tracks the history of sustainability and its far-reaching consequences for business. business network March 2018 49
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