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Six-step plan from Forum for the Future

6 May 2008
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Six-step plan from Forum for the Future shows business how to succeed within environmental limits

Leading companies and public sector organisations now see sustainability concerns as a key source of both risk and opportunity, but many are not sure how best to respond. A new report from Forum for the Future offers a six-step plan for sustainable success.

Sustainable wealth creation within environmental limits shows how tools, including back-casting and streamlined lifecycle assessment, can be combined - enabling organisations to meet their environmental responsibilities. The report also outlines how sustainability thinking can benefit as a source of innovation, differentiation and in accessing new markets.

At the heart of the report is The Natural Step (TNS) Framework - a unique, science-based approach to sustainable development, which combines a rigorous understanding of natural systems with practical management techniques. The TNS Framework has been used by leading brands and public sector organisations around the world, most recently by ICI Paints with Forum for the Future in the development of its new paint - Ecosure.

Sustainable wealth creation within environmental limits also shows how social concerns and environmental limits can be addressed using the same framework.

Jonathon Porritt, co-author of the report and Founder Director of Forum for the Future, said:

“All wealth is entirely dependent on natural capital to provide resources, deal with wastes, and make our planet habitable. So we have to live within environmental limits or we cannot live at all. On that basis, this paper provides essential learning on the way forward for business.”

The report has been sponsored by Defra, as part of the ‘Sustainable Development Dialogues’, which took place following the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development.

For more information contact Alex Johnson at a.johnson@forumforthefuture.org.uk or on 07765253231. The report can be downloaded from www.forumforthefuture.org.uk or directly here.

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