Sustainability in Utilities- minimisation of external inputs and outputs |
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Everything
that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or
indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability
creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can
exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic
and other requirements of present and future generations. Sustainability
is important to making sure that we have and will continue to have, the
water, materials, and resources to protect human health and our
environment. Managers
must take the concepts of sustainability and synthesize them with the
concepts of management. Sustainability has three branches: the
environment, the needs of present and future generations and the economy. Using
these branches, (s)he must create sustainable practices to keep a system
running indefinitely without depleting resources whilst maintaining
economic viability and nourishing the needs of the present and future
generations. We provide a free correspondance consultancy service in this area and offer the following useful links:
For more
information contact Mearsecroft
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