3. Traceability in sustainable development

Sustainable development is a fast-growing field. Standards and approaches have been appearing since the 2000s, and even institutional initiatives, with the creation in France of a specific ministry: the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea (MEEDDAT), with the website http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr , clearly demonstrating the enduring interest of this notion. The theme of sustainable development was also addressed at France's first traceability trade show in 2004.

The term "sustainable development" originated in the 1987 Bruntland Report and was endorsed at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 and the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002. The concept of sustainable development brings together the social, economic...