TY - JOUR
T1 - Business, peace and the sustainable development goals
AU - Haski-Leventhal, Debbie
PY - 2016/12
Y1 - 2016/12
N2 - Sustainable development is about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This commonly used and well-cited definition of sustainable development was offered in 1987, in the Brundtland Commission report (Our Common Future). This definition of sustainable development, which was later adopted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, is not just a theoretical one but a rather a call for a shift of mind-set, for business, governments and others. It implies the need to consider the future and forthcoming generations in all business operations, and that a short-term focus on profit maximization alone is consequently unsustainable.
AB - Sustainable development is about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This commonly used and well-cited definition of sustainable development was offered in 1987, in the Brundtland Commission report (Our Common Future). This definition of sustainable development, which was later adopted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, is not just a theoretical one but a rather a call for a shift of mind-set, for business, governments and others. It implies the need to consider the future and forthcoming generations in all business operations, and that a short-term focus on profit maximization alone is consequently unsustainable.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85019247366&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.9774/GLEAF.8757.2016.de.00002
DO - 10.9774/GLEAF.8757.2016.de.00002
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85019247366
SN - 2059-1586
VL - 2016
SP - 3
EP - 6
JO - Business, Peace and Sustainable Development
JF - Business, Peace and Sustainable Development
IS - 8
ER -