Triple bottom line? Promoting responsible business

Triple bottom line? Promoting responsible business

Triple bottom line? Promoting responsible business

Business is talking about the triple bottom line: management of performance and delivery of added value in economic, social and environmental terms. Yet the concept is being taken up only by image-conscious high-profile companies or alternative trade organisations. How can donors encourage more businesses to recognise their responsibilities to local communities, other companies in the value chain, consumers, wider society and the natural environment?