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Date: 2024-11-21 Page is: DBtxt003.php L0900-MF-Sustainability-01a
TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE
PEOPLE / PLANET / PROFIT
Sustainable ... a version from the Urban Sea Initiative
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This diagram has evolved from the Triple Bottom Line of John Elkington in the 1990s. Since then there has been some movement to get beyond the dominance of profit as a metric of performance, but the pace of change is far too modest and the degradation of the environment (planet) has accelerated.
PEOPLE
Social variables dealing with community, education, equity, social resources, well-being and quality of life.
PLANET
Environmental variables relating to natural resources, water and air quality, energy conservation and land use.
PROFIT
Economic variables dealing with the bottom line and cash flow
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