Agenda 21
Agenda 21. It is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development.
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Brundtland Report
The Brundtland Report, Our Common Future, is so named for having been authored by a United Nations (UN) commission chaired by the former prime minister of Norway, Gro Harlem Brundtland.
Complexity
Complexity is a term used to describe technically, an interconnected network of components that cannot be characterized by a few rules.
Corporate Sustainability
Corporate sustainability is a term describing a business approach that creates long-term shareholder value by embracing opportunities and managing risks deriving from environmental, economic and social developments.
Eco-efficiency
Eco-efficiency was already in use in various ecological studies since beginning of the 1990s (Ehelich, Erlich 1991)
Environmental Equilibrium
Environmental Equilibrium is a term used to describe a steady-state condition in which flow in equals flows out.
Environmental sustainability
Environmental sustainability is a term used to describe business processes and practices in words of people, planet, and profit. It comes from the concept of sustainable development (Our common future, 1987).
Ezio Manzini
Ezio Manzini is possibly the world’s leading expert on sustainable design, with a focus on scenario building toward solution’s all-embracing social and environmental quality.
