Leadership and Organizational Sustainability

12 The impact of sustainability on economic, social, and environmental actions as reflected in food systems

Joaliné Pardo Núñez

DOI: 10.4324/9781003371335-12

Introduction

In the eighties and nineties, the idea of sustainable development, as defined in the Brundtland report, started permeating national environmental policies around the world, aiming to orient actions and programs related to natural resources for “satisfying the needs of present generations without compromising the needs and possibilities of future generations” (UN, 1987). Gradually, the sustainable development idea that became politically ubiquitous has gone beyond the political-institutional frames, being used in multiple discourses and even branding for products; multiple ...