PPT #1: Stability of social and cultural systems ensures the

human capital that is necessary for any form of

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
development, reducing destructive conflicts;
"Sustainable development is development that meets the
Environmental protection – sustainable development
needs of the present, without compromising the ability
aims at preserving the biological and physical stability of
of future generations to meet their own needs.”
natural systems.
The concept of sustainable development:
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGS)
The totality of socio- economic development forms and
MDGs were the eight international development goals
methods not only on the short or medium term, but also
for the year 2015 that had been established following the
on the long term.
Millennium Summit (September 8-10, 2000) of the
The basis of methods: the balance between the socio- United Nations in 2000
economic systems and the elements of the natural
1. To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
capital.
2. To achieve universal primary education
HISTORY 3. To promote gender equality and empower
women
- Key works that highlighted thinking Sustainable 4. To reduce child mortality
Development included Rachel Carson's Silent Spring 5. To improve maternal health
(1962), Garret Hardin's Tragedy of the Commons (1968), 6. To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other
the Blueprint for Survival by the Ecologist magazine diseases
(1972) and the Club of Rome's Limits to Growth report 7. To ensure environmental sustainability
(1972). 8. To develop a global partnership for development
The complex matters of sustainable development MDGS
acquired a global political dimension as they were
debated at the summit-level Earth Summit on - According to Jeffery D Sacks (2012, The Lancet), the
Environment and Sustainable Development (Rio de MDGs mark a historic and effective method of global
Janeiro, 1992), the Special Session of the United Nations mobilization to achieve a set of important social
General Assembly which adopted the Millennium Goals priorities worldwide.
(2000) and the World Summit on Sustainable
- As of 2015, progress towards the goals was uneven.
Development held in Johannesburg (2002). As a result,
Some countries achieved many goals, while others were
local and global action plans have been developed.
not on track to realize any.
The Johannesburg Summit delivered three key
FORMULATION OF SDGS
outcomes:
- On 19 July 2014, the UN General Assembly's Open
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, and a range of
Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals
partnership initiatives commitments included those on
(SDGs) forwarded a proposal for the SDGs to the
sustainable consumption and production, water political
Assembly that contained 17 goals with 169 targets
declaration, the Key and sanitation, and energy.
covering a broad range of sustainable development
KEY PRINCIPLE OF SUSTAINABLE issues included ending poverty and hunger, improving
DEVELOPMENT health and education, making cities more sustainable,
combating climate change, and protecting oceans and
- The integration of environmental, social, and economic forests.
concerns into all aspects of decision making.
- The title of the agenda is Transforming our world:
SD OBJECTIVES: Economic welfare, Social stability the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The
and Environmental protection. powerful message that is circulated is “No one to be left
Economic welfare aims at generating a maximum behind”.
income flow through maintaining the capital that has
brought benefits;
- The Official Agenda for Sustainable Development 16. Peace and Justice - Promote peaceful and
adopted on 25 September 2015 has 92 paragraphs, with inclusive societies for sustainable development,
the main paragraph (51) outlining the 17 Sustainable provide access to justice for all and build
Development Goals and its associated 169 targets. This effective, accountable and inclusive institutions
included the following goals: at all levels Targets.
17. Partnerships - Strengthen the means of
SDGS
implementation and revitalize the global
1. Poverty - End poverty in all its forms partnership for sustainable development Targets.
everywhere Targets.
RELEVANCE OF MDGS AND SDGS IN
2. Hunger and Food Security - End hunger,
BANGLADESH
achieve food security and improved nutrition
and promote sustainable agriculture Targets. - Bangladesh has shown remarkable progress in areas of
3. Good Health and Well-Being - Ensure healthy reducing headcount poverty and the poverty gap ratio,
lives and promote well-being for all at all ages decreasing the number of underweight children under
Targets. five years of age, attaining gender parity in primary and
4. Education - Ensure inclusive and equitable secondary education, reducing under-five mortality
quality education and promote lifelong learning rates, increasing the net enrolment ratio at primary
opportunities for all Targets. schools, lowering infant mortality rates and the maternal
5. Gender Equality and Women's mortality ratio, increasing the proportion of one year-old
Empowerment - Achieve gender equality and children immunized against measles, improving
empower all women and girls Targets. immunization coverage, reducing deaths from
6. Water and Sanitation - Ensure availability and tuberculosis per 100,000 people and raising the
sustainable management of water and sanitation proportion of people using an improved drinking water
for all Targets. source.
7. Energy - Ensure access to affordable, reliable,
- Bangladesh has hit most of the UN Millennium
sustainable and clean energy for all Targets.
Development Goals' (MDGs) targets ahead of the 2015
8. Economic Growth - Promote sustained,
deadline: employment rate, adult literacy rate, poverty
inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full
and extreme poverty reduction, social safety nets
and productive employment and decent work for
all Targets. IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES TO THE
9. Infrastructure, Industrialization - Build SDGS
resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and
sustainable industrialization and foster - The interdependent mix of domestic and external
innovation Targets. mobilization of financial resources, technology
10. Inequality - Reduce inequality within and development and transfer, capacity- building, equitable
among countries Targets. globalization and trade, regional integration, as well as,
11. Cities - Make cities and human settlements the creation of a national enabling environment required
inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Targets. to implement the new sustainable development agenda,
12. Sustainable Consumption and Production - particularly in developing countries, like Bangladesh
Ensure sustainable consumption and production would be crucial
patterns Targets. - The implementation of the SDGs agenda will require
13. Climate Change - Take urgent action to combat States and other relevant actors to adopt policies and
climate change and its impacts Targets. mobilize resources to advance equitable, human rights-
14. Oceans - Conserve and sustainably use the based, sustainable development. In this context, a
oceans, seas and marine resources for renewed and strengthened global partnership for
sustainable development Targets. expediting the means of implementation to address the
15. Biodiversity, Forests, Deforestation - Protect, social, economic and environmental dimensions in an
restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial integrated manner and strengthening governance and
ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat accountability frameworks. In this regard, capacity
desertification, and halt and reverse land building for people and institutions would be required.
degradation and halt biodiversity loss Targets.
CONCLUSION What is Sustainability?
- The SDGs can benefit from both the successes and the
shortfalls of the MDGs. The successes are notable and
the failures are the lessons. Both MDGs and SDGs are
collectively the global agenda, which guide different
states to act upon on priority development agenda related
to the country itself and also with the international arena.
- According to Dr. J. D. Sacks (2012), the SDGs will
therefore need the unprecedented mobilization of global
knowledge operating across many sectors and regions
including Bangladesh.
- Governments, international institutions, private
business, academia, and civil society will need to work
together to identify the critical pathways to success, in
ways that combine technical expertise and democratic
Multidimensional model for sustainable development
representation
• From unsustainable to sustainable development
PPT #2
• Does it protect our biodiversity?
What is Sustainability? • Does it prevent soil erosion?
• Does it slow down population growth?
Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the
• Does it increase forest cover?
present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs. • Does it cut off the emissions of CFC, SOx, NOx
and CO2 ?
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also • Does it reduce waste generation and does it
known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United bring benefits to all?
Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end
poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all Was Thanos Right? This universe is finite, its resources,
people enjoy peace and prosperity. finite. If life is left unchecked, life will cease to exist.

EQUALITY The key aspects for sustainable development

Equality = Sameness Inter-generational equity
Equality promotes fairness and justice by giving • minimize any adverse impacts on resources and
everyone the same thing. environment
BUT, it can only work if everyone starts from the same • stop over-exploitation of resources, reduce waste
place. In this example, equality only works if everyone discharge and emissions and maintain ecological
is the same height. balance

EQUITY Ecological Balance: a state of dynamic equilibrium

Equity = Fairness within a community of organisms in which genetic,
species and ecosystem diversity remain relatively stable,
Equity is about making sure people get access to the subject to gradual changes through natural succession
same opportunities.
Intra-generational equity
Sometimes our differences or history can create barriers
to participation, so we must FIRST ensure EQUITY • minimize the wealth gaps within and between
before we can enjoy equality. nations
• The technology should address to the problems
of the developing countries
o producing drought tolerant varieties for
uncertain climates
o vaccines for infectious diseases
 o clean fuels for domestic and industrial use o Control and prevention of air and water
pollution which need energy dependent
Measures for Sustainable Development
technologies
• Using appropriate technology Water Conservation
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (R3) approach
• Prompting environmental education and o Decreasing run-off losses
awareness o Reducing evaporation losses
• Resource utilization as per carrying capacity o Storing water in soil
• Implementing effective planning for Population o Reducing irrigation losses
Control o Re-use of water
• Less dependence on non-renewable natural o Preventing wastage of water
resources o Increasing block pricing

Carrying capacity Rainwater Harvesting

• The carrying capacity of a biological species in o Objectives of Rain Water Harvesting:

an environment is the maximum population size • Rain water harvesting fulfill the demand of
of the species that the environment can sustain water in domestic, industrial, and
indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and agricultural sectors.
other necessities available in the environment. • It helps to raise the water table by
• Carrying capacity has two basic components recharging ground water.
o Supporting capacity (the capacity to • It helps in minimizing ground water
regenerate) pollution.
o Assimilative capacity (the capacity to • The proper harvesting of rain water reduces
tolerate different stresses) soil erosion, flooding and run off. It reduces
the incidence of floods.
Problems of Sustainable Development o Techniques of Rainwater Harvesting
• Disagreements between stakeholders • This can be done by constructing special
structures like dug wells,
Problem between different communities
(Development, economic growth) • percolation pits, lagoons, check dams, tanks,
• Uncertainty etc.
Global environmental issue • Broadly there are two ways of
• Consumption and life style harvesting rainwater:
▪ Surface runoff harvesting
Comparison between developed and
undeveloped countries. ▪ Roof top rainwater harvesting
• Arguments over cause and responsibility Watershed Management: an area of land that drains
Pollution, Global warming etc to a common location. A watershed can vary in size,
they can represent the area draining to a small stream to
Urban Problems Related To Energy
the entire area draining to an ocean
o Residential and commercial lighting
Benefits of Watershed Management
o Transportation means including automobiles
and public transport for moving from residence o Ensure ecological balance
to workplace o Stabilize income even under unfavorable
o Modern life-style using a large number of weather conditions.
electrical gadgets in everyday life o Minimize the risks of drought, landslides floods,
o Industrial plants using a big proportion of and help to reduce erosion and sediment
energy. production.
o A large amount of waste generation which has to o Proper utilization of marginal or waste lands
be disposed off properly using energy based through alternate land use systems
techniques o Maximize productivity per unit area, per unit
time and per unit of water.
 o Scope for beneficial developmental activities Sustainable Strategic Management
like domestic water supply, irrigation,
o “Sustainable strategic management” refers to
hydropower generation, etc.
strategic management policies and processes that
o Develop rural areas in the region with clear
seek competitive advantages consistent with a
plans for improving the economy of the region
core value of environmental sustainability.
PPT #3
STAKEHOLDERS MANAGEMENT &
Strategic Management for Sustainability STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Content: Stakeholder Management

o Corporate sustainability for strategic o Stakeholder theory is a “A conceptual

management framework of business ethics and organizational
o Stakeholders management & strategic management which addresses moral and ethical
management values in the management of a business or other
o Corporate governance & strategic management organization”.
o Corporations are not simply managed in the
o Corporate social responsibility & strategic
interests of their shareholders alone, but that
management
there are a whole range of stakeholders.
Corporate Sustainability o It identifies and models the groups, which are
stakeholders of a corporation and both describes
➢A business approach that creates long-term and recommends various methods to satisfy
consumer and employee value by creating a "green" them.
strategy aimed toward the natural environment and o Ethical organization recognizes its
taking into consideration every dimension of how a
responsibilities towards all stakeholders.
business operates in the social, cultural, and economic
environment. It also formulates strategies to build a Type of Stakeholder
company that fosters longevity through transparency and
proper employee development. Internal Stakeholder: Shareholder, Employees,
➢An evolution on more traditional phrases describing Management
ethical corporate practice.
External Stakeholder: Customers, Suppliers, Creditors,
Triple Bottom Line (TBL or 3BL) Competitors, Society, Government

o An expanded spectrum of values and criteria for INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS

measuring organizational and societal success- Responsibility towards Owners/Shareholders
economic, environmental, social.
o In the private sector, a commitment to CSR A shareholder is any person, company or other
implies a commitment to some form of TBL institution that owners at least one share of a company's
reporting. stock because shareholders are a company's owners, they
o The Triple Bottom Line is made up of "Social, reap the benefits of the company's successes in the form
Economic and Environmental" of increased stock valuation.

Triple Bottom Line Accounting o Proper use of capital

o To manage business effectively
o Expanding the traditional reporting framework. o To provide accurate and timely information
o Take into account environmental and social Ensure growth and appreciation of owner’s
performance in addition to financial capital
performance. o Provide regular and fair return on owner’s
o Company's responsibility to 'stakeholders rather capital
than shareholders.
Responsibility towards Employees
The reason is that employees contribute towards the
growth of an organization and this in turn results in the
improvement of society. The employment contract upgrading the quality
makes the employer responsible towards their
Responsibility towards Investors/Creditors
employees. It is the responsibility of every organization
to stand up to these expectations of their employees. o To provide fair returns on capital invested
o To supply complete and accurate information
o Fair compensation for service provided
o To ensure that the value of investment doesn’t
o Timely and regular payments
fall in the long term
o Provision of proper working and welfare
o To raise public image of the company
o Conditions Job security
o To undertake R&D activities for diversification
o Provision of security benefits and better
o To build up financial stability and ensure safety
o living conditions
of investment
o Training and development opportunities
o To ensure timely payment of interests and
Responsibility towards Management principal
o To not participate in unethical practices and
Employees' responsibilities your role as an employee in
bring to the company
this performance management process to work towards
achieving your individual goals, which help the Responsibility towards Competitors
organization reach its objectives. You have your manager
o Not to claim exceptionally high commissions to
should have set these goals collaboration as part of your
agents and distributors
performance management activities.
o Not to offer too high discounts to the consumers
o Management decisions have impact o Not to defame competitors directly or indirectly
o Shareholder expects higher returns
Responsibility towards Society
EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
Social responsibility is an ethical framework and
Responsibility towards Customers suggests that an entry, it an organization or individual,
has an obligation to act for the benefit of society at
The concept of corporate social responsibility or CSR
large.
is based on three dimensions which serve as its three
pillars . These are the economic, social, and Social responsibility is a duty every individual has to
environmental responsibility . For a company to perform so as to maintain a balance between the
successfully practice CSR, all the three pillars have to economy and the ecosystem .
be balanced and should be based on obligation and
o Business morality
accountability .
o Development of backward area
o Ensuring consistent quality o Efficient use of resources
o Providing ease -to-use products o Financial assistance
o Increasing customer satisfaction o Protection of environment
o Responding to product -related issues
Responsibility towards Government
Responsibility towards Suppliers
Businesses operate in communities that directly or
Casio aims to fulfill its social responsibilities, including indirectly affect their transactions . Companies interact
compliance with relevant laws and social norms, and with the various sectors in the larger community and
protection of the environment, through fair and part of this is the government . So, in the perspective of
equitable transactions throughout the supply chain by corporate social responsibility or CSR, many people
strength partnership with suppliers . feel that the government sector must also play a role in
the business activities.
o Giving regular orders
o Dealing with suppliers on fair terms and o Payment of taxes
conditions o Obeying rules and regulations
o Availing reasonable terms of credit o Giving suggestions
o Timely payment of dues o Financial help during emergency
o Helping suppliers in improving or o Earn foreign exchange