Talk:Triple bottom line/Archives/2013

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It might be good to start the article with a statement about where the term Triple bottom line orginates from. This is what I found at [1]:

"The phrase was coined by John Elkington, co-founder of the business consultancy SustainAbility, in his 1998 book 'Cannibals with Forks: the Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business'. In its broadest sense, the triple bottom line captures the spectrum of values that organizations must embrace - economic, environmental and social. In practical terms, triple bottom line accounting means expanding the traditional company reporting framework to take into account not just financial outcomes but also environmental and social performance."

There is no clear definition of the Triple Bottom Line (3BL) concept.

That seems false. ICLEI has extremely specific definitions and guidelines that long ago superceded any 1998 definitions. Certainly if you are using it as a proper noun Triple Bottom Line then you absolutely are referring only to well defined ICLEI concept and this framework [2]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.89.204.176 (talk) 23:51, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Here's the following which I am translating from Ukrainian from a newsletter of this resource: http://www.corporate-citizen.org.ua:

Companies should take measures not only to create economical added value, but also be constantly aware of the social and ecological "added value", which they are creating or destroying.The 'people, planet and profits' formula, first used by Shell in their first social responsibility report, is now wiedly used in business.