Corporate Social Responsibility in Construction Industry

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Importance of sustainable development and need to integrate economic activity with social
concerns and environmental protection...........................................................................................3
Key achievements and lessons of the London Olympic Park and its influence on this project......4
Old Oak common and royal park regeneration and sustainability issues........................................5
Recommendations............................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Sustainability is doing work while considering the requirement of the resources for the upcoming
situation that is the completion of the work without harming and depleting the existing resources.
Sustainability in the construction industry includes sustainability in building creations in a
complex and vast aspect that is to be acknowledged from the initial stages, the reason being the
impacts of the potential environment is very significant. If the major issues that are considered
while construction, over the environment would be, for instance, 45 percent of carbon emission
of the UK in total. In the case of new building construction, the consumption of resources is
must, which can be helped by the contractors and designers to minimize the consumption,
however, would not be able to change the commitment overall (Epstein, 2018). For this purpose,
the report will include Old Oak common and royal park regeneration project in London.

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Importance of sustainable development and need to
integrate economic activity with social concerns and
environmental protection
Figure 1: (Source: (Minton & Kahle, 2018)
 Improving human life quality while supporting the ecosystems –through sustainable
development, the possibility of protecting the environment increases which eventually
lead to improve the quality of life of humans. Moreover, for the constructing company
through the implication of environmental laws, it could be possible to maintain the
ecosystem (Kim, 2015).
 Balance in social, economic, and environmental aspects – sustainability is the key to
balance the three aspects that is the social economic and environment. This can be done
through rapid changing in development and use of technology