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Choose ONE of the listed significant sustainable development issue impacting the business sector: climate change, pollution, deforestation, water scarcity, biodiversity loss, waste/e-waste, poverty, human rights, modern slavery, inequality or food insecurity.
1. Describe the issue (e.g. definition, cause and effects), outlining its evolution and highlighting key events that have defined the issue to date. Address the physical / factual dimensions of the issue (e.g. size, scope or scale of the issue) and the societal / regulatory / legal context, if appropriate, for how the issue has evolved (e.g. global agreements, national laws/regulation).
2. Evaluate the issue in the context of business: How is business impacting the issue? How is business impacted by the issue? How is business responding to the issue? You may choose a specific industry, or industries, to focus on for this section.
3. Summarise the current trends and future responses to the issue and potential implications for business.