This presentation is a first step on how the Earth Charter can be implemented by businesses. It provides examples and tools mapping the Earth Charter to the business world and details how the Charter can link with other sustainable development initiatives.

The main idea is that for businesses, the Earth Charter can be a values framework for assessing progress towards sustainability and for designing professional codes of conduct and accountability systems.

The knowledge of the Earth Charter principles by the engineering profession has been an evolving process and has been infused into the long developing recognition that the basic tenants of engineering practice must include protection of the earth's natural resources. The following article, by James Poirot, relates the THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION'S APPLICATION OF
THE EARTH CHARTER

Esta presentacion es un primer paso en cuanto a como la Carta de la Tierra puede ser implementada en los negocios. Brinda ejemplos y herramientas llevando la Carta de la Tierra al mundo de los negocios y detalla como la Carta de la Tierra puede enlazarse con otras iniciativas de la Carta de la Tierra. La idea principal es que para los negocios, la Carta de la Tierra puede ser un marco de valores para evaluar el progreso hacia la sostenibilidad y parqa disenar codigos de conducta y sistemas de evaluacion profesionales.