Scope of sustainability policy

The scope of a sustainability policy includes:

• An integrated approach to sustainability which includes environmental, economic and social aspects, or a narrower one to focus on each aspect individually
• The parts of the enterprise to which it is to apply , including whether it is for the whole enterprise, one site, one work area or combinations of these
• An investigation of the particular business and market context of the industry/ enterprise addressing sustainability initiatives through reference to standards, guidelines and approaches such as:
  
• • ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
  • Life Cycle Analyses
  • Global Reporting Initiative
  • Ecological Footprint Assessment
  • Triple Bottom Line reporting
  • Product Stewardship.