SUSTAINABILITY-BASED ASSET MANAGEMENT IN THE WATER SECTOR
Asset management should be a key vehicle for delivering sustainability goals of a business. However, for this to be the case, the link between sustainability outcomes and asset management inputs/outputs needs to be translated into terms that are meaningful to asset managers. In practice, however, asset managers often cannot see how their decisions link into sustainability objectives. Operationalising sustainability within asset management thus represents a significant challenge, even within the water sector where business activities are explicitly linked to triple bottom line outcomes. To help meet this challenge, research has been undertaken into the role sustainability principles should play in asset management. As part of this research, a series of interviews have been undertaken with water sector professionals in Australia. The interviews aimed to collate opinion on the role sustainability concepts currently play in asset management, the role sustainability should play in the future, what the key barriers are, and where there is a need for research to help bridge the gaps. This paper outlines the conceptual relationship between asset management and sustainability principles, presents a synthesis of the results from these interviews, and indicates some potential approaches to embed sustainability principles within the asset management business function.
asset management sustainability water sector triple bottom line
David R Marlow
CSIRO Land & Water, 24 Graham Road, Highett Victoria, Australia.
国际会议
北京
英文
1077-1085
2008-10-27（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）