GLOSSARY
SUSATAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
IN A FEW WORDS
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Adopting management practices that improve the performance of your business in the following sectors:
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Financial
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Environmental
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Social
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Of governance
This approach aims to ensure that the company's activities have a positive impact on the business and the community through the adoption of eco-responsible, innovative management practices based on dialogue with stakeholders.
Development responds to the present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
Note: Sustainable development aims to combine the goals of a high quality of life, health and prosperity with those of social justice, while maintaining the earth's capacity to support life in all its diversity. These social, economic and environmental objectives are interdependent and mutually reinforcing. Sustainable development can be seen as a way of expressing the broader expectations of society in general.
Source: ISO 26000:2010 Guidelines for social responsibility
According to the United Nations, the 17 sustainable development goals give us the way to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They respond to the global challenges we face including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, peace and justice. The goals are interconnected and in order to leave no one behind, it is important to achieve them all including each of their targets by 2030.
Individual or group that have an interest in the decisions or activities of an organization.
Source: ISO 26000:2010 Guidelines for social responsibility
Societal responsibility for the impacts of its decisions and activities on society and the environment, resulting in ethical and transparent behavior that:
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Contributes to sustainable development, including the health and well-being of society;
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Takes into account the expectations of stakeholders;
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Respects the laws while being consistent with international standards of behavior;
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Is integrated throughout the organization (2.12) and implemented in its relationships
Source: ISO 26000:2010 Guidelines for social responsibility