This resource guide provides an overview of the current sustainable development debate, the main environmental challenges and their implications for business, the greening of enterprises and workplaces, and the role that business and employers’ organizations can play in lobbying and service development in the environmental field.
It represents a major step forward in supporting and encouraging employers’ organizations and their members to take concrete actions towards more environmentally sustainable business development.
This publication is being launched at an opportune moment as the ILO has embarked on the “Green Initiative” as part of a reflection on the Future of Work in the lead up towards the ILO’s centenary in 2019. The Green Initiative aims at expanding the ILO’s knowledge base and strengthening its leadership in guiding constituents through the transition to more sustainable enterprises, economies and societies.