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Sustainability considers the long term environmental and other effects of an organisation's activities, seeking to ensure that they do not degrade the physical environment or other necessary conditions for well being.
1.  ''Environmental concerns - social concerns.''


Sustainability has a number of important dimensions in treasury and finance, including environmental sustainability, financial sustainability and social sustainability.
Sustainable activities are ones that do not degrade the physical environment or other necessary conditions for well being, taking account of the long term environmental and other effects of an organisation's activities.
 
Sustainable activities have a number of important dimensions in treasury and finance, including environmental sustainability, financial sustainability and social sustainability.
 
 
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More broadly, referring to anything that is able to continue over a period of time.




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* [[Climate-washing]]
* [[Climate-washing]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility]]
* [[Environmental concerns]]
* [[EU Platform on Sustainable Finance]]
* [[EU Platform on Sustainable Finance]]
* [[Global Sustainable Finance Council]]
* [[Global Sustainable Finance Council]]
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* [[Principles for Sustainable Insurance]]
* [[Principles for Sustainable Insurance]]
* [[Risk management]]
* [[Risk management]]
* [[Social concerns]]
* [[Stakeholder]]
* [[Stakeholder]]
* [[Stewardship]]
* [[Stewardship]]

Latest revision as of 22:10, 13 August 2022

1. Environmental concerns - social concerns.

Sustainable activities are ones that do not degrade the physical environment or other necessary conditions for well being, taking account of the long term environmental and other effects of an organisation's activities.

Sustainable activities have a number of important dimensions in treasury and finance, including environmental sustainability, financial sustainability and social sustainability.


2.

More broadly, referring to anything that is able to continue over a period of time.


See also