Français
2. Challenges to the current model
Our development model is facing a host of new environmental, social and economic challenges. These must be taken into account by governments and organizations if they are to maintain the material comfort of Western countries while enabling developing countries to access it.
2.1 Growing needs in a finite world
Each individual consumes more products and services every year (+ 4.6% in durable goods for a French person, such as a television set, dishwasher, telephone, etc. in 2009). ). Each product or service exerts an environmental pressure, measured using the ecological footprint index (see §...
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
This article is included in
Environment
This offer includes:
Knowledge Base
Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees
Services
A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources
Practical Path
Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills
Doc & Quiz
Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading
Challenges to the current model
Importance of economic development
Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Eco-enterprises – Terminology. - XP X30-600 - 2010
- Sustainable development – Social responsibility – Give credibility to an ISO 26000-based corporate social responsibility approach. - XP X30-027 - 2010
- Lignes directrices relatives à la responsabilité sociétale. - NF ISO 26000 - 2010
- Sustainable development and corporate social responsibility – SD 21000 applied to local authorities – Guide to integrating...
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
