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This 4 page paper looks at how economic growth can promote sustainable strategies in business. A number of scenarios and case studies are given in this concisely written paper to aid the student in the understanding of how green issues and business can be seen as coexisting with both sustainability and profitability achieved. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
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discuss this we need to decide what we actually mean by sustainability (Chryssides et al, 1999). Different people will interpret it as meaning divergent things as any consumption will mean
the use of some resources, many of which may not be replaceable and that anything which interferes with an ecosystem is detrimental (this is known as ecocentrism). By that definition
sustainable development is not possible (Eckersley, 1992), but if we consider the definition given by the Bruntdland report that it is the ability to Sustainable development is the development that
meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future (WCED 1987) then sustainable development becomes a realistic proposition to aim for.
The aspect of economic growth leading to sustainable development means that a different approach to trade needs to be taken. Some companies following policies such as this are
Body Shop (Bartlett, 1991), or Ben and Jerrys (Zinkhan et al, 1995). This show us it is possible, but many companies will wish to appear to follow this strategy without
the actual actions to prove it as was demonstrated by Chevron. Chevron probably spent five times the cost of its environmental initiatives on publicity to tell people about them (Dadd
et al 1993), even in this much was actually a legal requirement rather than a voluntary undertaking (Chryssides et al, 1999).
If this is the case then how can economic growth determine that companies follow a more sustainable policy in their strategy formation and implementation? Chevron is not the typical company,
most will follow some sustainable policies either as a result of their own leaders principles whist others have seen a growing awareness in their customers and need to change their
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