Sustainable Development in Organizations

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS
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Organizations that embrace sustainable development are competitively
disadvantaged over those that do not
Introduction
Economic growth of a country has been used along with other words such as
development, modernization, westernization and industrialization. The focus of the paper is to
discuss how sustainability helps business organizations from gaining advantages over the other
organizations in a country. According to the authorCarley& Christie (2017) sustainability or
sustainable development was defined by the author as a development which meets the present
goals without compromising the ability of the future generations in meeting their own need.
There are last developed countries in the world which has been recognized as the poorest and are
the weakest in the international community.
Their low level of socio economic development is characterized by weak human and
institutional capacities along with a low and undistributed income and financial resources. Di
Fabio, (2017) argues that quality education is the only catalyst for poverty eradication and
sustainable development whereas World Health Organization, (2016)points out that the
improvements in the science, technology and better innovations will act as a catalyst for
eradicating poverty and sustainable development.
In the present era majority of the business organizations are working in order to
incorporate sustainable development goals into their business plans and strategies. Most of the
business organizations are working with the traditional system of cooperation which can be
found in the international organizations and nongovernment organizations. This is the main

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reason why they are unable to meet the monumental challenges. A present issue arises with the
change in the climate or inequality is affecting the developing countries. However it can be
recommended that the increase in the industries and private sectors in a country will improve the
human life and economic condition that will help the country in developing sustainability for the
future generations.
Arguments
According to the author Kolk, (2016)sustainability in business organizations are
important as because it allows the business organizations to achieve success in the near future.
He also proposes a study and research proposal where a number of studies show that businesses
adopting sustainable strategies and practices improve their competitiveness and enjoys a better
economic result in the long runLLP, (2019). However the author Carley& Christie (2017)
recommends that governments must or should work with the companies and business in a new
and innovative way which will help the private organizations in promoting their wellbeing and
collective actions.
Melloni&Stacchezzini, (2016) argues that major mining companies uses advanced
measures and adopt comprehensive environment protection measures because they are sensitive
to their personnel on the sustainability issues and are trying to improve their environmental
performances which makes mining sustainable. Another author Crowther (2016)argues that the
medium and large companies whose environmental obligations consist in strictly conforming to
the prescribed legal provision. Also it has to be kept in mind that mining has brought about
economic development in the rich mineral areas.