The Sterling Protocol consists of three main components that need to be considered in order to be safe
The newly developed framework can be used to analyze whether decisions are being made:
- ensure prosperity and promote economic growth that is environmentally sustainable;
- conserve and enhance biodiversity and natural resources, and promote progress towards a society free ofCarbon;
- improve health and well-being with maximum social inclusion.
If proposals, policies or practices do not meet these criteria equally, they maySteps should be taken to balance competing demands.
A simple protocol framework can be adopted inorganizations to analyze a range of activities - from procurement and recruiting to project planning and business development. The flexibility of the protocol means it can be used to stimulate and shape discussion of sustainability issues. Ultimately this will lead to the consideration of new approaches.
Professor Maggie Cusack, Dean of the Faculty of Science, led the study and explained why the new protocol was needed.
It can often seem that there is a conflictbetween the need to address climate change and the need for economic growth.When decisions are made, they can often exclude some segments of the population, and they can alsoThe flexible approach behind the Sterling Protocol means that it canbe used by a number of organizations, large and small, to conduct a simple and inexpensive analysis of activities, resulting into more sustainable results.
The protocol is particularly timely as the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has given policy and business leaders a reason to consider new options for economic recovery.
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