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Sustainability: Who, Me?
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s journalists we are often the first to know what companies are preparing for the market – from technologies and services, to internal practices. More recently – and understandably so – we’ve started asking questions about their strategies for sustainability and how they are preparing their offerings. Responses vary – from the very vague to the very passionate, with a resounding confirmation of commitment to the protection of the environment.
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Sustainability and how to restrict our impact on this planet are not a passing fad – they need to become part of our DNA. The buck cannot be passed to anyone else, at any stage, since we are all individually responsible for our collective impact on this planet – from our behaviour in the home to what each company does. Hence, the full supply chain of a product – and every single one – should be carefully considered and managed with its impact in mind, from cradle to grave. It’s irresponsible to think that someone else should take care of these problems, because each and every product carries something unsuitable or, what we might call “indigestible” by the planet, from plastics, toxic materials and chemicals, to its carbon footprint and emissions, among many other man-made things. Although dauntingly complicated, the best outcome would be to make all aspects and parts of a product sustainable and non-damaging from its design stage onward. Even the smallest changes will add up to a bigger impact.
The gravity of the situation cannot be underestimated, and any company that wants to succeed can’t afford to skip it. It should consider its processes in great granularity, and assess where differences can be made for a sustainable result, however small. There’s not a minute to waste.
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