All rights reserved. In the early days the ICC Business Charter for Sustainable Development was one of the building blocks to create our approach to sustainable development. There are no simple goals, nor easy answers.
Some interpretations see it in purely environmental terms.
But the primary purpose of business must be to meet people's needs and create society's wealth. There is also an inescapable social dimension to sustainable progress. Making a commitment is one thing, implementing is another. We have developed the Sustainable Development Management Framework to embed contributing to sustainable development in our decision- making. This must start with management leadership - offering a vision, defining aspirations, providing supporting policies and systems.