Patent CA-3085665-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SAXENA ADITYA
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2020-07-04
Abstract: Sustainability Management System a Patent Application by Aditya Saxena 1) Abstract a)    This document discusses the invention, which is a 'Sustainability Management System', that can be used by end users to work with Social and/or Economic and/or Environmental and/or Governance and/or Informational and/or Democratic sustainability. b)    The target audience/end users for this invention is/are every human being and/or organization and/or group that human beings may form. c)    This invention connects end users by means of several component subsystems, so that the processes of sustainability becomes easier and effort is reduced for all end users. d) The invention is also a volunteer management system. 2) Background a)    It has become extremely important for human beings to build a sustainable future for themselves and their coming generations. b)    We are ever more aware that we will not be able to sustain our current ways of consuming resources c)    A deep and fundamental change is needed in our social and economic systems and approach to sustainability. d)    Researchers all over the world are working on making sustainability work. However, it has been difficult for all to envision what tools and techniques will be needed to make sustainability function, in the way it is needed. e)    Innovations in this field are currently of very high value to human beings. f)    Sustainability has been defined by United Nations as "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." g)    Sustainability in context of a business or corporation has traditionally been defined by the triple bottom line, which considers Environmental, Social and Governance aspects as its three pillars. h)    One of the main challenges before us is to develop a framework that helps us quantify the value of sustainability efforts. i)    Sustainability activities are often hard to quantify and hence this has deterred serious systems development in this field. j)    Another major challenge, is to fight disinformation, that has become rampant due to magnification on social media platforms etc. This is discussed in this document as 'informational sustainability'. Correct information and an understanding of what truly constitutes science is extremely important to build scientific attitudes among the people, on whom sustainability activities ultimately depend. k)    Another major challenge is to create an economic disaster management system, in case the traditional economic systems fail. Under the current economic systems, businesses cannot proceed without fluid capital. During economic depressions, the fluidity of capital is often reduced. This produces extreme strain on the lower classes of society. l)    Another major challenge is to create a democratic think tank, that is independent of private interests.  The current democratic systems usually are built on representative democracy, which is primitive and more advanced democratic systems are possible through computers, and internet technologies, which give people direct vote on issues, without the use of a representative. New forms of governance are needed that remove these primitive systems. Date Recue/Date Received 2020-07-04