Principles And Guidelines for Sustainable Business & Industry

Below are some of the key principles and guidelines leading business and industry toward more sustainable patterns of production and operation

Natural Capitalism

Natural Capitalism is a vision for a new industrial system based on a very different mind-set and set of values than conventional capitalism. It is based on four central strategies that are a means to enable countries,
companies, and communities to operate by behaving as if all forms of capital were valuable.

The Natural Step

The Natural Step Framework is a science and systems-based approach to organizational planning for sustainability. It provides a practical set of design criteria that can be used to direct social, environmental, and
economic actions.

Eco-Effectiveness

Eco-effectiveness is a strategy for business growth and prosperity that generates ecological, social, and economic value. It represents a fundamental conceptual shift away from the inherently unsustainable system design of the Industrial Revolution as opposed to a damage management strategy.

Eco-Efficiency

Describes a vision for the production of economically valuable goods and services while increasingly reducing the ecological impacts of production.

International Standards Organization (ISO) 14000

ISO 14000 is a series of voluntary standards designed to help firms worldwide create and maintain effective environmental management systems. Home Energy Rating A Home Energy Rating is an index of energy efficiency for residential homes which will be established in the Middle East. The MECSD will introduce energy efficiency measures for homes into the Building codes.

LEED Green Building Rating System

The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, developed by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Members of the USGBC representing all segments of the building industry developed LEED and continue to contribute to its evolution.