by Roar Bjonnes (2015) The popular sustainability phrase, “People, Planet, Profit”, was coined by John Elkington in 1995, and in 1997, it was adopted as the title of the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell’s first sustainability report. As a result, the 3Ps of sustainability have become a well-known icon of green economics in the Netherlands, as…

by Dieter Dambiec (2008) The triple bottom line (TBL) process involves identifying, assessing and reporting an organisation’s activities in terms of their impact on the environment, society, and the economy (Elkington 1980). TBL covers ‘planet, people and profit’ (de Gruchy 2006). In TBL it is important to use environmental, social and economic parameters when it…