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Building a Purposeful and Sustainable Workplace through HR Strategies

HR Digest

The triple bottom line (TBL) is a framework that evaluates a business’s performance based on three factors: social, environmental, and financial. The TBL approach recognizes that businesses have a responsibility to contribute to social and environmental sustainability , not just financial success.

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25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase ?Triple Bottom Line.? Here?s Why It?s Time to Rethink It.

Harvard Business Review

Sustainable Development Goals forecast to generate market opportunities of over $12 trillion a year by 2030 (and that’s considered a conservative estimate). Only a company that produces a TBL is taking account of the full cost involved in doing business.” But the TBL wasn’t designed to be just an accounting tool.

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