Democratizing sustainability

SUSTAINABILITY is truly essential for the long-term viability of any industry. In the hospitality and tourism industry, for instance, the country can enhance its image and attract more environmentally-conscious visitors from any part of the world by protecting the environment and embracing eco-friendly practices. For us to be able to understand sustainability in the context and framework of the business environment, we need to develop and adopt strategies that match environmental settings. A well-defined approach in the social and environmental setting should be in place to achieve sustainability.

Democracy, according to the United Nations Development Program, is often “planted and rooted in the soil of inequity … and the legacies remain.” Democratic systems do not necessarily improve sustainability, like in the government; if their constituents think that they failed to deliver what they promised to people, surely, they will demand change.