INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE ETHICS THREE PILLARS OF SUSTAINABLE

A Sustainable ethics pertains to how DEVELOPMENT

a person should live while also
considering their connections with
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TED BY GRO other humans, the natural world, and

EN
The ability to preserve and protect the
future generations. This ethic also
S UP natural environment over time through
E
aims to have people treat our Planet
appropriate practices and policies
R Earth’s resources as limited and will
run out some time in the future. Such
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EXPLORING THE
ethics help to create what we call SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
“sustainability development.” Aims to create inclusive societies, reduce
inequality, and ensure long-term well-
INTERPLAY
1.

DEFINING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT being for all people while preserving social
cohesion and justice.

BETWEEN 1 Sustainable Development

is an idea or principle that
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SUSTAINABLE
aims to meet the needs of
is the approach whereby economic
human development using activities are conducted in such a way as
our own resources without
ETHICS AND
to preserve and promote long-term
affecting the future economic well-being.
generation and
SUSTAINABLE compromising the other
nature systems THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT Principles of Sustainable Development
ETHICS

Conservation of the ecosystem. ENVIRONMENTAL

RESPONSIBILITY SOCIAL EQUITY
Conservation of the planet’s biodiversity. HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED ADDRESSING THE
FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING
Sustainable development of the society. ADOPT SUSTAINABLE FAIRNESS AND EQUALITYIN
Conservation of human resources. PRACTICES TO PROTECT
THE PLANET AND
ACCESS TO RESOURCES
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
Population control and management CONSERVE NATURAL ALL INDIVIDUALS AND
RESOURCES. COMMUNITY

ECONOMIC INTERGENERATIONAL
VIABILITY EQUITY
RECOGNIZING THE
EXPLORING HOW
RESPONSIBILITY TO MEET
SUSTAINABLE ETHICS
THE NEEDS OF THE
CAN DRIVE ECONOMIC
PRESENT GENERATION
GROWTH,
WITHOUT COMPROMISING
INNOVATION, AND LONG-
THE ABILITY OF FUTURE
TERM PROFITABILITY FOR
GENERATIONS TO MEET
BUSINESSES
THEIR OWN NEEDS.
 EXAMPLES OF
SUSTAINABLE THE ROLE OF BUSINESSES
CONCLUSION AND CALL TO ACTION

DEVELOPMENT IN PROMOTING
SUSTAINABLE ETHICS AND
SUSTAINABLE ETHICS INVOLVE ETHICAL
CHOICES THAT PRIORITIZE LONG-TERM
WELL-BEING FOR INDIVIDUALS, SOCIETIES,
INITIATIVES SUSTAINABLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. IT CONSIDERS
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND
DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENSURING
RENEWABLE ENERGY ADOPTION RESPONSIBLE RESOURCE USE TO MEET
Showcasing successful CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PRESENT NEEDS WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING
renewable FUTURE GENERATIONS.
EXPLORING HOW BUSINESSES CAN ADOPT
MPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE ETHICS AND
energy projects that SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES, DEVELOPMENT CREATE FAIRNESS,
reduce carbon PROMOTE ETHICAL BEHAVIOR, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS, AND
emissions and promote CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INCLUSIVITY. BY ADDRESSING GLOBAL
GOALS. CHALLENGES LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND
clean energy POVERTY, THEY ENSURE A BALANCED
sources. COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS PROGRESS, BENEFITING CURRENT AND
FUTURE GENERATIONS AND PROMOTING
HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AND PROSPERITY.
PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN BUSINESSES,
NGOS, AND GOVERNMENTS TO DRIVE IMPROVING SUSTAINABLE ETHICS AND
Showcasing COLLECTIVE ACTION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES A
successful SUSTAINABLE ETHICS AND MULTIFACETED APPROACH INVOLVING
renewable energy SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES,
AND GOVERNMENTS.
projects that reduce
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT
carbon emissions
IN PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY?
and promote clean
energy sources. GOVERNMENTS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN
ACHIEVING THE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND TARGETS THROUGH, FOR INSTANCE,
SETTING AND IMPLEMENTING WATER
Exploring innovative QUALITY POLICY FRAMEWORKS AND
approaches to STANDARDS, AND REGULATING THE
waste management DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS INTO THE
ENVIRONMENT, AND WASTEWATER
and resource MANAGEMENT, RECYCLING AND REUSE
optimization
through the circular
economy model.