Social Sustainability
Social sustainability is one of the main parts of sustainability along with economic and environmental sustainability. It includes the aspects that relate to people, human rights, and social justice. The main social aspects are defined by the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and concern poverty, hunger, health, wellbeing, gender equality, education, decent work, dignity, peace, and justice. National and international social sustainability is governed by ISO 26000 and the GRI Standards.
Social sustainability matters for both individuals and society as a whole, business and individual companies. Social sustainability affects and depends on the quality of relationships of businesses with all stakeholders. Both positive and negative, direct and indirect impacts on all stakeholders in the value chain, from suppliers to the customers matters. Social impact includes all aspects that affect relationships between the company and stakeholders. The relationships between employees in companies also have value. All these aspects are critical for business development and workers' well-being.
Social sustainability includes a performance of human rights, ensuring equity, safety, health, wellness, education, good work and living conditions. It comprises also the extension of rights and abilities, decent wages, and analysis of both positive and negative impacts of interactions. The main task of the companies is to avoid harming human rights, create decent jobs, produce high-quality goods and services, and support social sustainability. The partnership of companies pooling their strengths to make a greater positive impact on social sustainability is also encouraged.
Example 1. Sustainable Development Parts
Any community consists of people and it is incredibly important to organize their life as comfortably and pleasant as possible. The considered arrangement of places that people use every day helps for social sustainability. Social sustainability includes the arrangement of comfortable and safe places of life, work, and recreation based on the people's needs and desires. They promote the community’s wellbeing, longevity, health, success, and good standard of living. Building the social infrastructure objects and organization of social and cultural life supports social development and improves the quality of life. Also, social sustainability supposes the support of development and health for both current generations and future ones.
Social sustainability contributes to social development, risk management, productivity rising, growth of a business through the improvement of employees engagement, attracting new business partners at the simultaneous retaining the existing ones, unlocking new markets, eradication of inequality and poverty. The impact of large corporations on people and society also matters. Social sustainability is a way to the innovations, success, development of new products and services, growing economy and businesses.
Example 2. Social Sustainability Library Design Elements
Striving to find the best software to design diagrams or illustrations related to sustainability and capacities for sustainable development, pay attention to ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software and special Sustainable Development solution. It offers powerful drawing tools, a collection of libraries with special vector design elements, and a set of thematic samples and examples that are a perfect base for your own diagrams.
Choose those tools that meet your requirements and apply them to achieve a high result. Save your time and efforts with the included examples by designing your diagram based on the ready-made example.
Example 3. Sustainable Development Goals
The Social Sustainability samples you see on this page were created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software using the management tools of the Sustainable Development Solution. These examples successfully demonstrate solution's capabilities and the professional results you can achieve using it. An experienced user spent 10-20 minutes creating every of these samples.
Use management tools of the Sustainable Development solution to design your own Sustainable Development Infographics quick, easy and effective.
All source documents are vector graphic documents. They are available for reviewing, modifying, or converting to a variety of formats (PDF file, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, and many other graphic formats) from the ConceptDraw STORE. The Sustainable Development Solution is available for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM users.