CHAPTER 5

Corporate Sustainability

Introduction

Dyllick and Hockerts observed that consideration and debate regarding sustainability in the 21st century has involved integrating long-standing concerns about economic growth and social equity with concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems.1 In their words, sustainability “embodies the promise of societal evolution toward a more equitable and wealthy world in which the natural environment and our cultural achievements are preserved for generations to come.” Simply put, problems relating to economic growth, social equity, and the environment must be addressed and solved simultaneously.2 Emerging from all this has been the drive for “sustainable development” that has led to international ...

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