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What is sustainability?

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What is sustainability?

The world faces a range of complex inter-related social, environmental and economic challenges!

Examples (NOT an exhaustive list):

Global warming & climate change (or climate chaos)
Labour rights
Poverty
Water shortage
Destruction of rainforests and loss of biodiversity

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Accounting for Today’s Dynamic World

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Can you think of other issues/challenges facing the world?
Can you think of issues/challenges facing your local community?

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This content is taken from Auckland University of Technology (AUT) online course

Accounting for Today’s Dynamic World

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