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1 Sustainable Management Metropolia, Business Ethics IP week. 4 Ecological Footprint; measuring human impact

2 The Big Question Can Human Development go hand in hand with Sustainable Lifestyle? For Human Development we need Economic Development Economic Development leads to higher Environmental Impact ( Ecological Footprint)

3 From world values survey 1990, 1996 Under 10k US$ per capita, more income is very effective in increasing Life Expectancy

4 Relation LE and Income

5 From world values survey 1990, 1996 Direct question: would you say you are: Very happy Quite happy Not very happy Not at all happy Don’t know Under 9K US$, increase in income adds a lot to subjective feeling of happiness

6 Relation EF and Income

7 Econ. Dev. needed to become Sustainable Poor countries more involved in survival, low level of well- being Rich countries are involved in life-styles (like sustainability), high well- being

8 Increase in footprint

9 Ecological Footprint per Country

10 Human Development Index (HDI) 3 dimensions of Human Development Long, healthy life (life expectancy at birth) Knowledge (literacy and education enrolment) A decent standard of living (GDP in PPP)

11 1Norway0,971 2Australia0,970 3Iceland0,969 4Canada0,966 5Ireland0,965 6Netherlands0,964 7Sweden0,963 8France0,961 9Switzerland0,960 10Japan0,960 12Finland0,959 13United States0,956 15Spain0,955 17Belgium0,953 22Germany0,947 71Russian Federation0,817 79Turkey0,806 92China0,772 134India0,612 147Kenya0,541 151Tanzania0,530 164Zambia0,481 181Afghanistan0,352 182Niger0,340 Human Development Index in 2007

12 Trends of HDI and Earth Capacity ratio for 93 Countries between 1975-2003

13 Conclusion Despite growing adoption of sustainable development as an explicit policy goal, most countries do not meet Human Development and Ecological Capacity minimum requirements


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