Aligning our work to the world we all want - why conscious sustainability makes good business sense?

摘要

A few years ago, sustainability had a questionable reputation in the world of work. Like its counterpart "corporate social responsibility", it used to be considered by many as a bolt-on extra or something organizations needed to be seen to be doing. Some leaders might have even discerned it as an irritation or a distraction from "business as usual". The world has moved on significantly, to the extent that more and more leaders are consciously aligning the work of their organizations to the future needs of humanity. A step-change in this transformation happened in 2015 and is now gathering momentum. In September of that year, in New York, world leaders gathered at the United Nations to formally adopt 17 new "Sustainable Development Goals" (SDGs), forming an inspiring vision for humanity, the likes of which, the world had not previously seen (United Nations, 2015).