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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

But success or failure on sustainability goals cannot be measured only in terms of profit and loss. While there have been successes, our climate, water resources, oceans, forests, soils and biodiversity are all increasingly threatened. Only a company that produces a TBL is taking account of the full cost involved in doing business.”

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