What is sustainability
United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sustainable practices support ecological, human, and economic health and vitality.
Sustainability presumes that resources are finite and should be used conservatively and wisely with a view to long-term priorities and consequences of the ways in which resources are used. The increasing threat of climate change pushes us to make concrete efforts to ensure development without negative effects on future generations.
United Nations agenda 2030
To emphasize the importance of climate change, it is well integrated in the United Nations Agenda 2030. Agenda 2030 consists of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for a better world and is an action plan for a sustainable future. It is stated that to reach lasting sustainability all three parts of sustainability: people, planet, and profit, must be considered. No goal can be achieved at the expense of another goal and progress for all SDGs is required to reach success.
Sandvik Rock Tools business affects many of the sustainable development goals, and this report highlights our work regarding climate change, climate action and resource efficiency.
Paris agreement
The Paris agreement is a legally binding, international treaty on climate change. The core of the agreement is to reduce global warming, limit global temperature rise to well-below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.
The importance of not exceeding 1,5°C was highlighted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) who warned about the catastrophic impacts climate change could generate.
To achieve this, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must halve by 2030 – and drop to net zero by 2050.
Sustainability is a key driver for the future of our planet; if the global community fail to act – humanity will face unprecedented challenges in the short-, mid-, and long-term.
Maria Hugosson, President Rock Tools division
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions
