Explain the 3 key pillars of sustainable design/development.

“"People, Planet and Profit" are used to concisely describe the triple bottom line and the goal of sustainability.”People" relates to fair and beneficial business practices toward labour and the community and region in which a corporation conducts its business. "Planet" refers to sustainable environmental practices. Finally, "Profit" is the bottom line shared by all commerce, conscientious or not as shown in the diagram below.”



http://www.greeninnovation.com.au/aboutGreenInnovation_sustainability.html



http://www.calacademy.org/teachers/lounge/?cat=9

From these two diagrams from two different websites it is clear that;
Social = People
Environment = Planet
Economic = Profit