The Natural Step
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The Natural Step is an international non-profit organization and framework for sustainable development that provides science-based principles to guide businesses and communities toward environmental and social sustainability.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Natural Step canonical | 2 |
| The Natural Step Framework | 2 |
| The Natural Step framework | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6639349 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Natural Step Context triple: [Karl-Henrik Robèrt, knownFor, The Natural Step]
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A.
Earth in the Balance
Earth in the Balance is a 1992 environmental book by Al Gore that examines the global ecological crisis and advocates for comprehensive political and social action to address climate change and environmental degradation.
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B.
Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment
"Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment" is an influential book by economist Partha Dasgupta that analyzes how economic development, environmental sustainability, and human welfare are interlinked.
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C.
Natural Capitalism
Natural Capitalism is an influential book that argues for redesigning business and industrial systems to align profitability with environmental sustainability and resource efficiency.
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D.
The Wisdom of Sustainability
The Wisdom of Sustainability is a book by Thai activist and Buddhist scholar Sulak Sivaraksa that explores socially engaged Buddhism, environmental responsibility, and alternative development grounded in ethical and spiritual values.
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E.
The Deep Ecology Movement
The Deep Ecology Movement is an environmental philosophy and activist movement that advocates for the intrinsic value of all living beings and calls for profound changes in human societies to live in harmony with the natural world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Natural Step Target entity description: The Natural Step is an international non-profit organization and framework for sustainable development that provides science-based principles to guide businesses and communities toward environmental and social sustainability.
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A.
Earth in the Balance
Earth in the Balance is a 1992 environmental book by Al Gore that examines the global ecological crisis and advocates for comprehensive political and social action to address climate change and environmental degradation.
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B.
Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment
"Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment" is an influential book by economist Partha Dasgupta that analyzes how economic development, environmental sustainability, and human welfare are interlinked.
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C.
Natural Capitalism
Natural Capitalism is an influential book that argues for redesigning business and industrial systems to align profitability with environmental sustainability and resource efficiency.
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D.
The Wisdom of Sustainability
The Wisdom of Sustainability is a book by Thai activist and Buddhist scholar Sulak Sivaraksa that explores socially engaged Buddhism, environmental responsibility, and alternative development grounded in ethical and spiritual values.
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E.
The Deep Ecology Movement
The Deep Ecology Movement is an environmental philosophy and activist movement that advocates for the intrinsic value of all living beings and calls for profound changes in human societies to live in harmony with the natural world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international organization
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non-profit organization ⓘ sustainability framework ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
reduce ecological footprint of organizations
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support strategic decision-making for sustainability ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
civil society organizations
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corporations ⓘ public sector organizations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
long-term sustainability planning
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preventive environmental strategies ⓘ |
| field |
environmental sustainability
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social sustainability ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
economic aspects of sustainability
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environmental issues ⓘ social issues ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Karl-Henrik Robèrt ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
backcasting from principles
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strategic sustainable development ⓘ sustainability principles ⓘ systems thinking ⓘ |
| hasFounder | Karl-Henrik Robèrt ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
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Swedish ⓘ |
| hasMethodology |
The Natural Step Framework
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linked to:
The Natural Step
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| hasNonProfitStatus | non-governmental organization ⓘ |
| hasPrincipleSet | four system conditions for sustainability ⓘ |
| hasScope | international ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
natural science
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systems ecology ⓘ |
| operatesIn | multiple countries ⓘ |
| provides |
consulting on sustainable development
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tools for sustainability assessment ⓘ training in sustainability ⓘ |
| purpose |
guide businesses toward sustainability
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guide communities toward sustainability ⓘ support strategic sustainable development ⓘ |
| sector | non-profit ⓘ |
| typeOfFramework | principle-based sustainability framework ⓘ |
| usesApproach | science-based principles ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
strategic prioritization of actions
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sustainability gap analysis ⓘ |
| worksWith |
businesses
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communities ⓘ educational institutions ⓘ municipalities ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Natural Step Description of subject: The Natural Step is an international non-profit organization and framework for sustainable development that provides science-based principles to guide businesses and communities toward environmental and social sustainability.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Natural Step
linked to: The Natural Step
linked to: The Natural Step