Social sustainability is a proactive way of managing and identifying corporate impacts on employees, value chain workers, customers and local communities. Companies that emphasise social sustainability recognise the importance of their relationships with people, communities and society. Social responsibility becomes an integral part of their business strategy and they consider the impact of their activities on people. Doing business has a human cost. A socially sustainable company will consider the safety of its workers in a given location. It will not allow the safety of its workers to be compromised by forcing them to work in a building deemed unsafe. Social sustainability is one of the pillars of sustainable development. It is the way to build a more equitable society.
