The Natural Step is an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to education, advisory work and research in sustainable development. Since 1989, they have worked with thousands of corporations, municipalities, academic institutions and not-for-profit organizations that have proven that moving strategically toward sustainability leads to new opportunities, reduced costs, and dramatically reduced ecological and social impacts.
The Jackson Whole Grocer has adopted The Natural Step Sustainability framework into our business practices since November of 2007. We have followed The Natural Step implementation strategy in aligning our business with the following system principles of sustainable planet:
- Substances from the Earth’s crust must not systematically increase in nature.
- Substances produced by society must not systematically increase in nature.
- The physical basis for the productivity and diversity of nature must not be systematically diminished.
- Just and efficient use of energy and other resources.
