03Sustainable Developement

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Environment Management

Sustainable Development


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Have to choose between environment anddevelopment.

Industrial development and decent standardof living at the cost of environment anddepletion of natural resources.

Both industrialized countries andunderdeveloped or developing countriesdamage, deplete and pollute the environment.


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Basic question is what is the pattern of

growth and development we must follow?

Individuals, corporations and nations cansynchronize their economic activities with the

environment to ensure that future

generations will enjoy the same natural

amenities as our own generation.


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Sustainable DevelopmentNatural amenities include clean air and water

abundant forests, fertile soil and all the

glories of nature.What kind of model of development and

business model we should follow without

ignoring the principles of sustainability?

Both consumption and life style of people

have relevance to environmental problems.


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Therefore living habits and attitudinal and

ethical questions have entered intoenvironmental management area.

Need changes at the local, regional, national

and at global levels together with economicand social transformation.


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DefinitionRate of consumption or use of natural

resources should approximate the rate at

which these resources can be substituted orreplaced.

Development which meets the needs of the

present without compromising the ability offuture generations to meet their own needs.


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DefinitionNation or society is able to satisfy its

requirements social,economic and others

without compromising the interest of futuregenerations.

SD means concerns for protecting

environment and avoiding depletion of non-renewable resources.


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DefinitionRequires shifting of reliance on one source toanother.

Also refers to equity. Equal access toresources.

It is futile to talk about environmentalproblems and SD if the problems of

inequality, poverty and the principle ofintergenerational distribution of resources areignored.


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Definition

At a minimum SD must not endanger the

natural systems that support life on earth: the

atmosphere, the water, the soils and the

living beings.


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Sustainable DevelopmentBusiness jargon gardens have been working

overtime.

CSR,EQ,TQM and now it is SD.Business as usual Business as unusual.Growing number of international companies

acknowledge the need to address the triple

bottom line of SD.They are Dupont,Ford, Novartis, Shell,

Unilever etc.


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Sustainable DevelopmentFinancial markets are also waking up.

They are increasingly interested not only in

eco-efficiency, but in business ethics, CSRand human rights all potentially part of SD

agenda.

SD performances are included in the portfolioscreening for major socially responsible

investment(SRI) funds.


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Sustainable DevelopmentDeveloped countries use too many of natural

resources and it cannot continue for long.

Nature has been offering its resources andservices and also serving as a receptacle forabsorbing waste for long.

Nature is fragile and finite.

There are evidence to prove that we havereached a critical limit beyond whichecological decline would lead to disaster.


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Sustainable DevelopmentHow economic,social and environmental

systems interact at various scales of

operation in a way that would lead tosustainable development.

Also SD must lead to reducing poverty of

people in developing countries by means that

minimize resource depletion,environmental

damage and social instability.


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Sustainability Agenda

PR people

Make the first contacts.Some understand, others do not.

See better communication as the way

forward.


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Environmental People

Think in terms of inputs, outputs and impacts.95% solution if we clean up emissions and

cut back toxic waste



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Engineers

Comfortable when they hear that thechallenge can be reduced.

Search is on for more eco-efficient process

and products.


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Legal people

Trained to ensure that organisations comply

with relevant laws.

Finds agenda of sustainability unnerving.

Complexity of regulatory environment is also

growing.


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Accountants

Risk of their market value collapsing.

Discovery of unsuspected environmental andother liabilities.

Investor relations people agree.


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Environmental Realities

The promise of SD that we can exploit the

environment without causing lasting damage

is irresistible.But the reality is some hard truths.

In much of the world the environment is

already in a bad condition.The condition of environment is getting

worse, not better.


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Key Environmental Problems

1. Loss of agricultural lands.

2. Loss of biodiversity.

3.

Pollution of the global atmosphere.


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1. Loss of agricultural lands

Single most dangerous problem and the onewith least attention from leaders.

Due to over cultivation,soilerosion,salinization of irrigated lands anddesertification,degradation and outright lossof agricultural land combined with growing

population.Difficult to meet food supply needs even 20

years from now with tech. breakthroughs.


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2. Loss of Biodiversity

So far identified 1.7 million species out of 14

million that was.

Between 1 to 11 percent being lost in 10years.

Causes: deforestation,expansion of

cities,water pollution and overexploitation.


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3. Pollution of globalatmosphere

Air pollution is the gravest we face.Ozone layer thinning Montreal

protocol(1987).Countries agreed to reduce and eliminate

production of ozone depleting gases.Developing countries 10 year grace period.Developed countries stopped.Ozone layer started regeneratingfull by

2100.


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The Underlying Cause ofDestruction

1. Population growth.

2. Economic growth.


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Population growth

Some Asian countries have lowered

population growth.

While it is true that time it takes for thepopulation to double has been extended from

15 or 20 years to 50 years.

But this is no long term solution.Population will increase by more than 40% by

2025.


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Economic growth

Population growth may account for as much

as 50% of environmental degradation.

As people become wealthier diets shift fromvegetable to animal products.

Renewable sources of energy(wood) are

replaced by fossil fuels(gas).Newly affluent farmers build large houses

consuming wood and scarce land resources.

Important Fundamentals of


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Important Fundamentals of

environment and

Sustainable development Population. Limits to growth. Economy. Poverty. Human

settlement

issues. Land Resources. Forests.

Mountains. Agriculture. Bio diversity. Protection of oceans. Business and

industry.

Ecological deficit. Village community &

involvement.

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