Estimado Profesor Munoz,

You are sending us to another one of those articles that was part of a campaign by business 20 years ago and continuing today that was designed to divert attention from the real keys to sustainable development in which, yes, businesses are of course PART of the solution, but in which they cannot be the leaders of the solution because they have the wrong incentives (short-term profit motive that leads to the overuse of resources and the creation of externalities that destroy communities and make them unsustainable and that destroys environments).

Only effective sustainable development planning for at least two generations, by governments, and effective asset valuations for all forms of assets (what you call "patrimonio" in Spanish) that are also the role of governments (including protecting human diversity and cultural survival in eco-systems and human potential in all its attributes of quality of life (not just the business view of "human capital")) and then regulation to reset the incentives for business so that they reflect long-term valuation of planetary assets, can assure that businesses fulfill their appropriate role. One of the reasons that the UN's SDGs (that this article follows) are a failure and should NOT be used as a measure of success on sustainability is because the UN threw away international law and the basics of sustainable development and allowed businesses to corrupt the setting of development goals in ways that are non-sustainable (promotion of "growth", globalization that homogenizes peoples and environments) and that are destructive of cultural survival and diversity.

Why don't you read some of the newer pieces that colleagues have written with me and that you can find on my ResearchGate site including our two sustainable development indicators, our indicator on colonial economics and how to correct it, our indicator on business development projects, our piece on "why major countries really want global warming", our piece on "the prisoners dilemma of sustainability" and why globalization that is promoted by industry is unsustainable, as well as pieces on "measuring human rights" and on "why we need a red book to protect endangered cultures" and our careful analysis of the SDGs and why they are a failure and in violation of international law and of sustainable development principles.

Best,

David Lempert, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A., E.D. (Hon.)

David, thank you for taking the time to write.

The reason I wrote the article using true sustainability thinking linked to human rights, governments, and businesses in 2005 was to share a framework that later can be looked up to see progress or failure and follow the why....If you read the article you will see that it gives AN ACADEMIC rationale why all the wrong you list went that way and also be able to look at what should have been

Data Sustainable Development Policy and Administration - CRC Pres...

Reading your comment I see that you will find that we write in many of the same areas from different angles

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lucio-Munoz/research

I do appreciate your comments

Respectfully yours;

Lucio

Human rights relative to the physical Constructal Law:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356475384_THE_SCIENCE_OF_RIGHTS

Global Civility: Physical Constructal Law

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5Z2SQBN