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Various stakeholders, particularly customers or directly involved business partners should be

viewed as direct and permanent partners and not external stakeholders. Environment including
among other soil or climate can be considered as output-related stakeholders. From a social
perspective, this element represents the stakeholders impacted by the business model, which
include both end-users and the society involved in the downstream phases of the product’s life
cycle. The social perspective focuses on the impact of the organization on society, considering

how certain actions can positively or negatively influence society.
Sustainable consideration of output-related stakeholders allows to maximize sales with an
intention to maximize financial profitability. There should be an attempt to reduce excessive
consumption and streamline the process between production and consumption to meet
sustainability related objectives.

● Output-related stakeholders relationships

Sustainable output-related stakeholder relationships may have have a shared objective to reach
economic objectives while simultaneously reducing environmental consequences. One example
could be to assure waste recycling.
While the economic dimension of output-related stakeholder relationships is often focused on the
relationships with customers as output-related stakeholders and on the resources to achieve

economic objectives. The environmental aspects of output-related stakeholder relationships could
include green policies supporting ecology. When it comes to social aspects between company
and society such actives as integrative practices among different counties, areas, or cultures while
promoting sustainable consumption practices.

● Burdens
The burdens element relates to potential negative environmental, social, and economic impacts
that are due to company’s way of doing business. In a sustainable business model, a sustainable

cost structure is an example of economic impacts of doing business. Companies must focus on
cost reduction while also developing lasting value in order to have a sustainable cost structure.
Producing goods in large quantities may be less sustainable than producing a single piece of a
product since they frequently encourage bulk purchasing, excess inventories, and waste, as well
as driving mass sales and overselling to customers at low prices.

● Benefits
The benefits can be considered as positive environmental, social, or economic outcomes which
are generated by the company. The structure of sustainable income or revenue streams is a

difficulty for most companies aiming to integrate sustainable business strategies. One option is to
target recurring payments from consumers, such as subscriptions, as well as the long-term
service of product maintenance, repair, and recycling at the end of the life cycle. In this structure,
the product or service is provided continuously, creating revenue for the provider while
simultaneously assuring the long-term maintenance and integration of old products and product
components to reduce waste and environmental burden.
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