Recently, I read an online article on the site of the United Nations Global Compact about social sustainability. The main point of the article was to define social sustainability specifically in business, and talk about what it means. The article stated that social sustainability in business was all about creating positive relationships. These relationships encompass both positive and negative, and they are with both employees and customers. The more positive relationships created, the more socially sustainable the business is. As a business, achieving social sustainability can open many doors to new markets, new partners, and new products. These are the main draws for businesses to become socially sustainable, and often the reason why they choose to practice social sustainability standards.
I chose this article because for our group project, our pillar is social sustainability. This pillar isn't very well known, so I wanted to get a better feeling for this topic as we are moving into project work. I like how this article defined the topic in simple terms, and went on to explain why the topic was important. I intend to use the ideas illustrated in this article for my upcoming group project.
Source: https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/our-work/social
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