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Sustainability is... “Dangerous…” “Corporate social responsibility is flawed…What it proposes for individual businesses, through ‘stakeholder engagement’ and giving effect to the ‘triple bottom line’… is an aberration on the part of many businesses, and its growing hold on opinion generally is a matter for concern.” CSR undermines the role of business to create wealth… Single-minded pursuit of the single bottom line.

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Sustainability is… FUZZY

Sustainability is... Looking after the long term future. Integrating environmental, social and economic development. Global and local… needs to work at appropriate scale. Partnerships between government, industry and the community. VISIONARY JOINED UPNESS STATE AND REGIONAL THIRD WAY POLITICS

Government, market, and civil society partnership and their roles.

Issues... Global Sustainability Population and development - the ‘1 billion hungry’. Greenhouse - the ‘Kyoto economy’. Oil vulnerability - the ‘big rollover’. Biodiversity - one of the world’s 25 ‘hot spots’.

Issues... Sustainable Land Management in the Biggest State in the World Salinity Pastoral land degradation Other NRM issues (agriculture, fisheries and forestry) Coastal development Mining and rehabilitation

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Sustainable Development means: Profitability (technical, financial, economic performance); Risk management; Mitigation of environmental and social impacts; Creation of other forms of capital - social capital, human capital, natural capital; and Ensuring some sort of equitable distribution of proceeds occurs between public and private sectors and at local and national levels In particular the emphasis has moved away from the more narrow one of environmental factors to one of ‘sustainable communities’ or ‘sustainable regions’.

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Sustainability in settlements… Extended Metabolism Model of Human Settlements.

Sustainability in Settlements...    Sustainability means reducing ecological footprint (resources and wastes) whilst improving livability (quality of life).

Issues... Sustainable Settlements and Quality of Life Water (supply, re-use, drainage…) Land use and Transport (sprawl, air quality, centres…) Waste (eco-efficiency, recycling, industrial ecology…) Housing (eco-efficient, design aesthetics, accessibility, availability…) Regional Centres (viability, services…) Indigenous Settlements (health, appropriate technology…)

Issues... Green Jobs (Enviroworks study) Earth repair (restoring damaged land) Environmental survey (environmental data) Resources renewal (eco-efficiency) Sustainable energy (renewables and efficiency) Sustainable communities and cities (transport, infrastructure, design, construction) ‘Clean and green’ food and sustainable agriculture (organic, low input…)

Issues... Social Capital How can this all be done in a way that improves social capital? (community development, crime prevention, equity…) Can a focus on social capital lead to improvements in all areas of sustainability? Can social programs more explicitly be joined to sustainability?

Issues... Health Is health another way to measure sustainability? Can health be more explicitly joined to sustainability?

Issues... Consumption, Justice, Education... How to relate to sustainability?

Issues... Ethics What are the moral and ethical issues behind sustainability? How can they integrate into a State Sustainability Strategy?

Policy approaches... Role of regulation to create sustainability (eg. 2%...) Role of standards (eg. ISO 14000...) Role of demonstration (eg. eco-efficiency, green procurement…) Role of indicators and benchmark goals… (eg. zero waste by 2020...) Role of infrastructure (eg. train, recycling plants…)

Policy approaches... Role of pricing and subsidising (eg. charges for water and waste...) Role of R & D (Global Centre for Sustainability...) Role of education and media (case studies, stories…) Role of regional governance (RDC’s...) Role of creative, cultural sector (fun…)

Process of State Sustainability Strategy FORMULATION Public submissions Agency discussions ‘Partnership’ discussions SUSTAINABILITY SEMINARS Public forums Govt/Industry/NGO interactions UNTIL END OF MARCH ‘02 WEEKLY FROM MID JANUARY TO JUNE ‘02

“Partnerships” Environmental Alliance of WA WA Sustainable Industries Group WAMA / Local Government group WA Council of Social Services group Chamber of Minerals and Energy Chamber of Commerce and Industry Australian Corporate Citizenship Association WA ‘Oil Vulnerability’ group Environmental Education group Universities and CSIRO through Global Centre for Sustainability WA Museum (display) group Aboriginal group Freight Network Review group Housing Industry Association (Environmental Planning Committee) UDIA RAIA (Built  Environment Policy) MORE NEEDED!!

Process of State Sustainability Strategy Museum Display to Regional Centres and Shopping Centres Draft Strategy - Green Paper Public Discussion Forums - Perth and Regional Centres MID JANUARY TO JUNE  ‘02 JUNE ‘02 JUNE TO SEPTEMBER ‘02

Process of State Sustainability Strategy Final State Sustainability Strategy - White Paper Implementation and Monitoring OCTOBER ‘02 ONGOING

Other Government policy development... State Greenhouse Strategy State Housing Strategy State Industry Policy Power Procurement Policy Major Projects Approval Process Future Perth Carbon Rights Legislation State Policy on Access to Biological Resources Freight Policy Review

Different Perspectives... Local Government Unions Churches Business and industry groups Development NGO’s Social justice groups Conservation groups Artist groups ...And more...

INNOVATION IN THE END SUSTAINABILITY IS ABOUT INNOVATION… Innovation in technology for eco-efficiency (Factor 4, 10…) Innovation in management for new levels of integration (within an organisation) new partnerships (with Govt/Business/NGO’s) new goals (incorporating social capital and natural capital) GOVERNMENTS CAN’T MANDATE INNOVATION BUT THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE IT THEMSELVES AND FACILITATE IT...