Influence of Discourses on Sustainable Development

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Introduction
Sustainable development is a development that is done to meet up the present targets
without exploiting the future requirements with optimal use of natural resources. The entire
assignment is based on exploring the values, understanding and discourses on sustainable
development. The paper will focus on the different discourses around sustainable development,
analysing of different discourses to identify the progress in sustainability and how these
discourses influence sustainable development. Discourse is a thought process in looking and
talking about the world and it influences the decision-making process in an organization as it
addresses environmental and social affairs. In this article, it will be studied about the different
discourse in the sustainable development of an organisation for long-term survival in the market
scenario. The task will identify two discourses that influence sustainable development. The
following paragraphs of the essay will focus on the different aspects of discourses and ideas of
each discourse around sustainable development.
Discussion
Sustainability development is a development in meeting up the present requirements
without compromising future needs (Baker, 2016). It is the main objective of an organisation to
meet the human development goals, so they focus on sustainable development. As, sustainability
development emphasises on cultural diversity and technology advancement though it carries the
highest value in any organisation (Barkemeyer et al., 2014).
Ideas on each discourse
The different discourses around sustainable development show how weak or strong a
sustainability is under discourses as the decision making process of an organization effect in the

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strong or weak sustainability. Ecofeminism is something that examines the connection between
women and nature. So, here the sustainability development an organisation relies on focusing
about feminine development and women appraisal within the organisation in order to avoid
discrimination and this leads to having a better perspective in the organisation (Scherer, Palazzo
& Seidl, 2013). Deep ecology brings out the approach in facing the world problem that views
together with the actions, thinking, feeling and spirituality of an individual. As discourses gives
guidelines to different prospects this helps in examining the different approaches in deep
economy, and it impacts sustainable development. Social ecology is the relationship between the
people and their environment they live in (Brand, 2015). The discourse emphasises in analysing
the relationship of people with the environment. This interacts the behaviour of nature and
human beings within the organisation and thus contributes to the achievement of sustainable
development. Ecological modernisation is something that carries out the economic benefits in the
movement towards environmentalism. As, sustainable development contributes to meet the
present requirements without affecting the future perspectives and without exploiting the natural
resources (Harlow, Golub & Allenby, 2013). Therefore, benefits in the economy by ecological
modernisation contributes to the development of the organisation. Traditional knowledge shows
the past perspective followed by the organisation to have sustainable development. It focuses on
how people used the resources in the past, which helped them to meet their requirements, and
how utilisation of natural resources is done presently to meet the needs in an organisation
(Redclift, 2014). Rights-based is something that contributes to establishing benefits from science
and its applications in order to have innovation in sustainable development. As discourse is a
guideline or prospect that provides the field for innovation and bring up environmental changes.
Anthropomorphic refers to as showing concern for gods, animals and objects which shows care