We at Kerr Wood Leidal Associated Ltd. strive to be industry leaders in sustainability by integrating sustainable environmental, social, and economic practices into our project work, operations, and corporate decisions. Specifically:
Definitions
From APEGBC Sustainability Guidelines (2013):
A sustainable society meets the needs of people in a resilient economy without compromising the planet’s ecological integrity or the needs of future generations. Sustainability has three pillars that must be integrated in a balanced way:
(a) environmental: to stay within the biophysical carrying capacity of our region/country/planet
(e.g. minimize resource use, minimize waste, protect nature from degradation);
(b) social: to maintain and protect quality of life and the values that we aspire to live by; and
(c) economic: to ensure that an adequate material standard of living is provided for all members of society