Sustainability Toolkit

For the Benefit of the Sportfishing Industry
and Future Generations

Introduction to Sustainability

Sustainability encompasses various concepts aimed at promoting long-term environmental, social, and economic well-being. The principles of sustainability include, but are not limited to:

  • There are limits to the expansion of human development on the carrying capacity of the natural environment, which must be accounted for in planning and decision-making.

  • The environment and the ways we interact with it are interconnected and interdependent, often in ways that are hard to detect.

  • Sustainability requires balancing economic, social, and environmental priorities. Economic growth alone should not be the exclusive justification for development.

Sustainability provides a pathway to positively impact operations, products, and packaging. For example…

Conducting an EPA Energy Star Audit may reveal opportunities to lower costs and reduce emissions.

Incorporating more biodegradable or sustainable materials, such as recycled plastics, bamboo, or natural dyes, into products could collectively lessen the environmental footprint while also reducing excess waste.

Using recyclable or biodegradable packaging could limit the amount of plastic entering our waterways and reduce shipping costs.

Prepared for ASA by Emerger Strategies.

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