Sustainability Management

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Sustainability management
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Evaluation of the contrasting approaches to sustainability..............................................................2
Critical analysis of the internal management elements...................................................................4
Evaluation of sustainability of Rampton hospital............................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
Reference.........................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Sustainability is an important factor to be considered by the contemporary business
organizations in order to have lower impact on the environment. However, in this case, there are
different elements that can influence the effectiveness of the business in meeting the
sustainability objectives. These factors include the internal management elements such as
leadership and national policy. Holistic management of these elements will ensure the maximum
return from the sustainability activities (Dyllick & Muff, 2016). Among all the business sectors,
healthcare sector is one of the most impacting sectors for the environment and it is more
important to determine their environmental impacts due to the reason that health and hygiene
factors are associated.
Rampton hospital is a leading healthcare service provider in the United Kingdom and
offering treatment services for multiple health concerns. The diverse service portfolio of them
denotes that diverse sets of patients are being served. This is increasing their impact on the
environment. This report will discuss about the different approaches of sustainability on the basis
of different business sectors. In addition, the influences of the different business factors such as
leadership, organizational strategy, regulation and national policy.
Evaluation of the contrasting approaches to sustainability
There are majorly three approaches of sustainability are evident in the current business
scenario and these approaches are based on the triple bottom line model. According to this
model, economical, planet and people are the three major approaches of sustainability.
Economical factors to the core business objectives of the business organizations, which is profit
maximization (Govindan, Khodaverdi & Jafarian, 2013). It is stated that without the