Operations performance:
Sustainability & HRM
Sustainability
› The ultimate goal of sustainability is to achieve a better quality of life
for present and future generations all over the world (WCED, 1987)
› Sustainability is achieved when value is created on an environmental,
social and economic dimension both at the level of society and at the level
of organizations
Sustainable society
“We are convinced that the achievement of sustainable development
requires the integration of its economic, environmental and social
components”.
Source: Earth Summit II, Programme for the Further Implementation
of Agenda 21, (1997) ch. 1, 3
CSR: sustainable organisations
Triple bottom line = “economic prosperity; environmental quality and […]
social justice”
Source: Elkington, J. (1997) Cannibals with forks p. 70
profit
, planet people
What is the difference?
Sustainability & HRM
Sustainability
› The ultimate goal of sustainability is to achieve a better quality of life
for present and future generations all over the world (WCED, 1987)
› Sustainability is achieved when value is created on an environmental,
social and economic dimension both at the level of society and at the level
of organizations
Sustainable society
“We are convinced that the achievement of sustainable development
requires the integration of its economic, environmental and social
components”.
Source: Earth Summit II, Programme for the Further Implementation
of Agenda 21, (1997) ch. 1, 3
CSR: sustainable organisations
Triple bottom line = “economic prosperity; environmental quality and […]
social justice”
Source: Elkington, J. (1997) Cannibals with forks p. 70
profit
, planet people
What is the difference?
