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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

duurzaam ondernemen

English translation:

sustainable business practices/green production

Added to glossary by Lianne van de Ven
Jan 8, 2012 16:35
12 yrs ago
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Dutch term

duurzaam ondernemen

Dutch to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Textielververij maakt reclame voor duurzaam ondernemen (ISO certificering etc.)
Proposed translations (English)
4 +8 sustainable business practices
4 +2 sustainable business practices
4 +1 sustainable enterprise
4 +1 sustainable entrepreneurship
3 +1 sustainable enterprising
3 sustainability (process)
Change log

Jan 8, 2012 18:33: writeaway changed "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial" , "Field (specific)" from "Textiles / Clothing / Fashion" to "Business/Commerce (general)" , "Field (write-in)" from "persbericht" to "(none)"

Jan 13, 2012 16:06: Lianne van de Ven Created KOG entry

Discussion

Lianne van de Ven Jan 13, 2012:
Green Production I like your choice related to ISO certification. And thanks for your feedback, Carolien. Just for reference adding these links:
http://definitions.uslegal.com/g/green-production/
http://www.greenseal.org/Home.aspx

Proposed translations

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15 mins
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sustainable business practices

Corporate social responsibility (CSR, also called corporate conscience, corporate citizenship, social performance, or sustainable responsible business/ Responsible Business)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibility

In your sentence you could use: ... promotes sustainable business practices.
http://www.iisd.org/business/tools/principles_sbp.aspx
Peer comment(s):
agree Frank van Thienen (X) : how can i possibly disagree :-)
2 mins
Bedankt
agree David Walker (X)
25 mins
Bedankt
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
39 mins
Bedankt
agree writeaway : a sustainable answer, I imagine everyone typed as fast as they could as soon as they saw the question.
1 hr
Merci
agree Dominique Broady
14 hrs
Bedankt
agree Kitty Brussaard
20 hrs
Bedankt
agree Ruchira Raychaudhuri : Fits better in this sentence/context than "sustainable enterprise/entrepreneurship"
1 day 16 hrs
Thanks. I did look for what would fit the sentence, indeed :-) (in those few seconds, allowed by writeaway).
agree Mike Mansfie (X) : Lianne, I work in the sustainability department of a large insurance company and this is how we would translate it. Regards, Mike
4 days
Thank you, Mike!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Bedankt, heb uiteindelijke gekozen voor "green production", paste beter bij de stijl van de tekst"
17 mins

sustainability (process)

It promotes sustainability
Example sentence:

Sustainable textile processing

Reference:

http://www.fibre2fashion.com/services/promotion/impactfeature/about.asp

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+2
15 mins

sustainable business practices

or: adopting sustainable business practices


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Note added at 44 mins (2012-01-08 17:19:57 GMT)
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Lianne beat me to it, so agree with her . . .
Example sentence:

Compliance with sustainable business practices

Reference:

http://www.nestle.com/CSV/WATERANDENVIRONMENTALSUSTAINABILITY/COMPLIANCEWITHBUSINESSPRACTICES/Pages/ComplianceWithBusinessPractices.aspx

Peer comment(s):
agree Lianne van de Ven : Zijn we het in elk geval met elkaar eens, Frank :-)
9 mins
Bedankt, Lianne :-)
agree Kitty Brussaard
20 hrs
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+1
47 mins

sustainable enterprise

For example:
The Liverpool Academy for Sustainable Enterprise
http://www.sustainable-enterprise.org.uk/
The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook
http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/productdetail.kmod?produ...
Definition of sustainable enterprise from Financial Times Lexicon:
http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=sustainable-enterprise
Guardian article "uncorking sustainable enterprise"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/sustainabilit...
Peer comment(s):
agree Barend van Zadelhoff : Well, we are in the same league as well. :-)
5 mins
Suits me fine!
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+1
49 mins

sustainable enterprising

Sustainable enterprising is a form of Responsible business ethics. The three P's of People, Planet and Profit are a sort of umbrella of Responsible business ethics. Besides 'environmentally friendly' and 'maintenance free', which interpret the Planet and Profit elements, we have interpreted the People element in a special way: for a number of years now.

http://www.lankhorst.co.uk/hst/l18a10n/lankhorst.nsf/Main/LH...
Peer comment(s):
agree Textpertise : and of course I agree, but I tend to prefer "enterprise" to "enterprising" - if only because I see it more often in reputable sources. Ondernemen in Duurzaam Ondernemen is a gerund used in a nominative way as the subject of an expression.
10 mins
Perhaps 'enterprising' is no good English but it sounds more like an activity and 'ondernemen' is a verb, refers to an activity here. That's why I opted for 'enterprising'/ Here, to my Dutch ears, ondernemen' refers to a for profit organisation's actions.
neutral Anne Lee : enterprising is an adjectief: ondernemend.
22 hrs
Thanks, Anne, but try site co.uk and you'll find many non-adjectival examples
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+1
1 hr

sustainable entrepreneurship

ondernemen = entrepreneurship
6680 hits on UK Google.
Peer comment(s):
agree Barend van Zadelhoff : perhaps the best option // it seems to combine action and state
38 mins
Thanks!
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