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Compiled by Dr. Joe Herbertson
June 2001
Sustainable Resource
Processing
Defining
Sustainable Development
Meeting the needs of the
present…..
….. without
jeopardising the needs of future generations 1
Resource Processing
Minerals and energy
resource processing is a part of the complex supply chain for
meeting
material needs
Triple Bottom Line Integration
Socio-economic activity
impacts on the natural environment, which we depend upon for vital goods and services
Sustainable Development is the
simultaneous striving for economic prosperity, environmental health and social equity
1. The Brundtland Report, ‘Our Common
Future’, World Commission on Environment and Development, Oxford University
Press, 1987