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The principles of sustainable development
Sustainable development is translated into concrete terms via principles. These principles ultimately constitute the framework with which observed developments can be rated with regard to their sustainability. Therefore, each indicator must be related to at least one principle. The principles are allocated to the respective target dimensions "social solidarity", "economic efficiency" and "environmental responsibility" and subdivided in 20 specific areas.
In the following you find the areas and titles of the principles. The fully written out principles can be downloaded in PDF format.
Areas and titles of principles
| Principles concerning social solidarity | ||
| General principle | 1a | Ensuring human rights |
| 1b | Limited individual freedom | |
| Objective living conditions | 2a | Meeting needs |
| 2b | Promoting health | |
| 2c | Fighting poverty | |
| Subjective living conditions | 3a | Satisfaction and happiness |
| 3b | Development that takes well-being into account | |
| Fairness of distribution, equality of opportunity | 4a | Ban on discrimination |
| 4b | Equal opportunities and fair distribution of wealth | |
| 4c | Integration of the less fortunate | |
| Strengthening of social cohesion | 5a | Intercultural and interpersonal understanding |
| 5b | Social and political participation | |
| International solidarity | 6a | Development cooperation |
| 6b | Promoting peace and democracy | |
| Development and maintenance of human capital | 7a | Development of human capital |
| 7b | Access to information and freedom of opinion | |
| 7c | Encouraging learning | |
| 7d | Child-friendly environment | |
| Principles concerning economic efficiency | ||
| General principle | 8 | Economic order in favour of the communal good |
| Economic system | 9a | Market as economic order |
| 9b | Genuine costs and principle of producer-pays | |
| 9c | Market intervention that conforms to the system | |
| Efficiency and competitivity | 10a | Promotion of economic efficiency |
| 10b | Economic order that favours innovation and competition | |
| 10c | Promotion of research | |
| 10d | Limited public debt | |
| Flexibility and stability | 11a | Predictability of changes in the system |
| 11b | Socially compatible rate of change | |
| Production and consumption of goods and services | 12a | Ecologically acceptable production |
| 12b | Ecologically and socially acceptable consumption | |
| 12c | Transparent business reporting for consumers | |
| Employment | 13 | Employment that is morally worthwhile and provides a decent living |
| International trade | 14a | Environmentally and socially acceptable world trade |
| 14b | World trade from which all parties can profit | |
| Principles concerning ecological responsibility | ||
| General principle | 15a | Preservation of natural resources |
| 15b | Preservation of biodiversity | |
| Consumption of resources | 16a | Limits for consumption of renewable resources |
| 16b | Limits for consumption of non-renewable resources | |
| Materials and wastes | 17a | Limits for degradable waste and toxins |
| 17b | Avoidance of non-degradable toxins | |
| Risks | 18a | Ecological compensation |
| 18b | Minimisation of ecological risks | |
| 18c | Caution in the case of uncertainty | |
| Rate of change | 19 | Taking into consideration the time needed for natural processes |
| Natural and agricultural landscape | 20 | Acceptable natural and agricultural landscapes |
- Principles of sustainable development
List of 45 principles on social solidarity, economic efficiency and environmental responsibility.
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Last updated: 30.04.2012