Introduction to Sustainable Business

1.4 What Is Required for a Sustainability Perspective?

Key Takeaways

  • Sustainable businesses require a systems perspective.
  • The systems perspective enables businesses to understand their position and relationship in the larger environmental and social system, including their dependence on inputs and how their output and use of resources affects the overall system and the elements of the system.
  • Without a systems perspective, businesses would not be able to understand their impact on society and the environment.