Comments on: The transition from a consumption society towards a maintenance society http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/06/22/the-transition-from-a-consumption-society-towards-a-maintenance-society/ Independent and Critical Thinking about the Future of Food and Farming Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Christophe Pelletier http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/06/22/the-transition-from-a-consumption-society-towards-a-maintenance-society/#comment-21 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:21:33 +0000 http://futurefood.wordpress.com/?p=135#comment-21 Cheryl,

This is where the triple bottom line is quite useful. Yet, this approach requires a longer term view on the business and the willingness to accept a possible lower short-term performance if the longer term outcome is better. All you need is a strong CEO who can convince its shareholders and stakeholders of the long-term advantage. Let’s not forget that money always talks in the end, and that sometimes short-term pressures may weaken the relevance of the long-term vision.

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An excellent blog…I have always been annoyed with governments’ focus on “growing” the economy. Growth is not always a good thing…especially if there are social and/or environmental costs. I think our pre-occupation with economic growth comes from the need to measure a governments performance in numerical terms. What we should be using is a “balanced scorecard” that provides measures not only to economic performance, but also to social and environmental successes.

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