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Effective Implementation of Sustainable Development by Corporates

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Partnerships for the Goals

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

Definition of Sustainability

United Nations defines “sustainability as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” It further adds that “sustainable development calls for corporates to recognizes that (while) corporate growth and profitability are important, it also requires the corporates to pursue societal goals, specifically those relating to sustainable development — environmental protection, social justice and equity, and economic development.”

Introduction

In the current COVID-19 pandemic that has engulfed the world’s sustainability itself, the concept of sustainable development carries high relevance as human society strives to survive. Every aspect of mankind social, political, economic has been thrown off balance. A new social order seems to be emerging with new rules for social interaction, conducting business, earning livelihood, education, skills that has led to the question of existent...

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  1. Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, Bangalore, India

    Swati Mitra

  2. Tata Consumers Products Limited, Bangalore, India

    Anurag Priyadarshi

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. School of Social Sciences and Global Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

    Sonja Rewhorn

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Mitra, S., Priyadarshi, A. (2021). Effective Implementation of Sustainable Development by Corporates. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Partnerships for the Goals. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71067-9_103-1

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