ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTANABILITY

What?
The practice of preserving natural resources and maintaining an
ecological balance in natural environment in order to support the
wellbeing of current and future generations.

Why?
society depends on the resources extracted from nature, preserving recourse
like clean air, water and wild life for future generations is the key to our
continued existence.
 Major environmental problems that are faced by Sri Lanka

•severe land degradation and deforestation

•scarcity of water pollution and poor management of water
resources
•Air pollution
•Climatic Changes
•Soil Erosion and Dam Siltation
•Garbage and Pollution -Urban and Industrial Wastes
•loss of biodiversity
•coastal erosion,
•loss of agricultural productivity
 • Clean energy

Waste management

Encourage individual actions

• Energy • Promote
Sustainable eco system

• Promote

Renewable Energy
• policy

Energy Efficiency

Government policies
• Establish standards
saving support disposable • National
natural
environment • Carbon • public items Environmental
stuffs
al standards savings awareness • Reduce Policy(NEP) • Promote
• Promote • investment public
• Promote • Reuse • Limit
renewable incentives. Greenhouse transport
energy • Invest in R&D • Recycle
energy efficient emanation • Plant
• upgrade grid • Other • Carbon Taxes
programs appliances Trees
infrastructure recovery • Reduce taxes
• Implement • Use less • Support
• engage • Disposal for appliances
waste energy communities environm
• composting in renewable
managemen • Reduce • Invest on energy ental
t policies • Establish friendly
carbon food green energy • International
• Enforce • Promote laws business
print agreements
regulations • Reduce Solar panels • Set permits • Offsetting
• Promoting for citizens • Environmental the
reliance's on • Reduce the
sustainable fossil fuels friendly carbon
communitie taxes for employee foot pint
Green practices
s vehicles