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An Organisation’s Sustainability Objectives

An organisation can derive its ultimate sustainability objectives from the System Conditions. Often when translated into an organisation’s documents, these objectives will be amended to focus on aspects of particular relevance to the organisation. Note that the System Conditions (and these objectives) are phrased in the negative - they do not specify what MUST be done (that is left for the organisation to determine), only what must NOT be done if society is to be sustainable.

Our Sustainability Principles are to:

...eliminate our contribution to systematic increases in concentrations of substances from the Earth's crust.
...eliminate our contribution to systematic increases in concentrations of substances produced by society.
...eliminate our contribution to systematic physical degradation of nature through overharvesting, introductions and other forms of modification.
...contribute as much as we can to the meeting of human needs in our society and worldwide, over and above all the substitution and dematerialisation measures taken in meeting the first three objectives.
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Guidance on Putting Objectives into Practice

This means substituting certain minerals that are scarce in nature with others that are more abundant, using all mined materials efficiently, and systematically reducing dependence on fossil fuels.
This means systematically substituting certain persistent and unnatural compounds with ones that are normally abundant or break down more easily in nature, and using all substances produced by society efficiently.
This means drawing resources only from well-managed ecosystems, systematically pursuing the most productive and efficient use both of those resources and land, and exercising caution in all kinds of modification of nature.
This means using all of our resources efficiently, fairly and responsibly so that the needs of all people on whom we have an impact, and the future needs of people who are not yet born, stand the best chance of being met.