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The Natural Step International Ethos Conference Sau Paulo June 2006 Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step the Natural Step International NGO Scientific Consensus Framework for Strategic Planning Advice & Education Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step the Natural Step Vision Our vision is of a sustainable human society. Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step the Natural Step Core purpose To develop a genuine commitment to, and competence in, sustainable development throughout society. 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Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step the Natural Step Innovation and the role of the business sector Innovation needs a context The system is the context The system has limits Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Planning from Success The complexity requires systems thinking Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Natural Cycles Open System with respect to energy Closed System with respect to matter “Photosynthesis pays the bills” Slow geological cycles - materials from the Earth’s crust Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Sustainability is about the ability of these cycles to run forever. How we influence cycles 3 4 Physically inhibit ability of nature to run cycles Relatively large flows of materials from the Earth’s crust Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Barriers to people meeting their basic needs worldwide 1 2 Introduce persistent compounds foreign to nature Sustainability defined In a sustainable society, nature is not subject to systematically increasing: 3 1 Concentrations of substances extracted from the earth's crust 2 Concentrations of substances produced by society 3 Degradation by physical means and, in that society, people are not subject to 4 2 1 4 The four System Conditions Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Conditions that systematically undermine their capacity to meet their needs. There is no away… Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Chemicals found in Mother’s Breast Milk Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step System Condition 4 In a sustainable society, people are not subject to… …conditions that systematically undermine their capacity to meet their needs. Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Human Needs In meeting our needs we shouldn’t undermine the capacity of others to meet their needs. Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Learning from natural systems Social design criteria? Self-organisation Diversity Interdependence Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Sustainable Development Why should business be concerned? Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Towards a Sustainable Society Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step What does this mean for business? From multi-national monsters to globally integrated enterprise? From corporate greed to corporate citizen? From single-minded competition to smart cooperation? 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