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duurzaam ondernemen

English translation: sustainable business practices/green production


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Dutch term or phrase:duurzaam ondernemen
English translation:sustainable business practices/green production
Entered by: Lianne Van De Ven
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16:35 Jan 8, 2012
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Dutch term or phrase: duurzaam ondernemen
Textielververij maakt reclame voor duurzaam ondernemen (ISO certificering etc.)
Carolien Hermans
Local time: 12:25
sustainable business practices
Explanation:
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
Selected response from:

Lianne Van De Ven
United States
Local time: 06:25
Grading comment
Bedankt, heb uiteindelijke gekozen voor "green production", paste beter bij de stijl van de tekst
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8sustainable business practices
Lianne Van De Ven
4 +2sustainable business practices
Frank van Thienen
4 +1sustainable entrepreneurship
Alexander Schleber
4 +1sustainable enterprise
Textpertise
3 +1sustainable enterprisingBarend van Zadelhoff
3sustainability (process)
Verginia Ophof


Discussion entries: 1





  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
sustainable business practices


Explanation:
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

Lianne Van De Ven
United States
Local time: 06:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 37
Grading comment
Bedankt, heb uiteindelijke gekozen voor "green production", paste beter bij de stijl van de tekst

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frank van Thienen: how can i possibly disagree :-)
2 mins
  -> Bedankt
agree  David Walker
25 mins
  -> Bedankt
agree  Tina Vonhof
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 day16 hrs
  -> Thanks. I did look for what would fit the sentence, indeed :-) (in those few seconds, allowed by writeaway).
agree  Mike Mansfield: 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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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sustainability (process)


Explanation:
It promotes sustainability

Example sentence(s):
  • Sustainable textile processing

    Reference: http://www.fibre2fashion.com/services/promotion/impactfeatur...
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 04:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 14
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sustainable business practices


Explanation:
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(s):
  • Compliance with sustainable business practices

    Reference: http://www.nestle.com/CSV/WATERANDENVIRONMENTALSUSTAINABILIT...
Frank van Thienen
Canada
Local time: 03:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sustainable enterprise


Explanation:
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...

Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: Well, we are in the same league as well. :-)
5 mins
  -> Suits me fine!
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sustainable enterprising


Explanation:
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...

Barend van Zadelhoff
Netherlands
Local time: 12:25
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sustainable entrepreneurship


Explanation:
ondernemen = entrepreneurship
6680 hits on UK Google.

Alexander Schleber
Local time: 12:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: perhaps the best option // it seems to combine action and state
38 mins
  -> Thanks!
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Changes made by editors
Jan 13 - Changes made by Lianne Van De Ven:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Jan 8 - Changes made by writeaway:
FieldOther => Bus/Financial
Field (specific)Textiles / Clothing / Fashion => Business/Commerce (general)
Field (write-in)persbericht => (none)


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