Sustainability depends on viewpoint

Animal welfare and the CO2 footprint could conflict with one another. This is why the environmental efficiency of the Dutch poultry sector is not as high as theoretically possible. Nevertheless the Dutch poultry sector is known worldwide as sustainable. Sustainability is a broad concept, including things like environmental impact, but also fair trade and animal welfare. The most commonly used definition of sustainability comes from the so called Brundtland report of the United Nations: sustaina