What is Social Sustainability?
Investing in skills - growing need for skills to support a green economy
Skills and training - additional skills needed to handle alternative fuels
Social licence to operate
Stakeholder engagement
Health and Safety
Job creation - creating talent pipeline
Gender diversity - driver for better risk management and performance
Community engagement
Investing in innovation
Identifying and managing business impacts on people
Ethics and Compliance
People-centred approaches to business
The World Bank has an article on social sustainability: “Five things you need to know about social sustainability and inclusion”.
Blue Mind
A review of “Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do” published in the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography” can be found here.
Sustainable Finance and Investment
The World Economic Forum has written about sustainable finance and investment: “What is sustainable finance and how it is changing the world?” This article demonstrates that companies with high Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings enjoy stronger increases in their share price.