Our Philosphopy

The Trilogy concept, its mission, systems, policies, and design framework are all fundamentally underpinned by the principles of Natural Capitalism. Natural capitalism views and values humans beings and the planet fundamentally differently than tradition business philosophies and models. It is centred around the twin pillars of 'natural capital' and 'human capital', and provides a relevant solutions-based business model for the unique dynamics of the 21st century.

The Four Principles of Natural Capitalism - Natural Capitalism is a new business model that synergizes four major objectives:

1. Radically increase the productivity of resource use. Through fundamental changes in production design and technology, leading organizations are making natural resources stretch five, ten, even 100 times further than before. The resulting savings in operational costs, capital, and time quickly pay for themselves, and in many cases initial capital investments actually decrease.
2. Shift to biologically inspired production with closed loops, no waste, and no toxicity. Natural Capitalism seeks not merely to reduce waste but also to eliminate the concept altogether. Closed-loop production systems, modelled on nature's designs, return every output harmlessly to the ecosystem or create valuable inputs for other manufacturing processes. Industrial processes that emulate nature's benign chemistry reduce dependence on non-renewable inputs, eliminate waste and toxicity, and often allow more efficient production.
3. Shift the business model away from the making and selling of "things" to providing the service that the "thing" delivers. The business model of traditional manufacturing rests on the sporadic sale of goods. The Natural Capitalism model delivers value as a continuous flow of services - providing a tailored design and construction service, for example, rather than selling new houses. The difference is subtle yet powerful as it increases rewards, for both provider and consumer, by delivering the desired service in ever cheaper, more efficient, and more durable ways.
4. Reinvest in natural and human capital. Smart company's reinvest in productive capital. Businesses are finding an exciting range of new cost-effective ways to restore and expand the natural capital directly required for operations and indirectly required to sustain the supply system and customer base.

"Natural Capital" refers to natural resources and ecosystem services – the production of clean air, water purification, healthy food, climatic stabilisation, waste detoxification, and so on - that make possible all economic activity, and indeed all life. Ecosystem services are of immense economic value; some are literally priceless, since they have no known substitutes. Yet current business practices and public policies typically ignore their value. As a result, natural capital is being degraded by pollution and the wasteful use of energy, materials, water, fibre, topsoil, and ecosystems.

"Human Capital" refers to the monetised "human resources" of educated minds and skilled hands, and the far more valuable but un-monetised "social system services" - culture, wisdom, honour, love, and a whole range of values, attributes, and behaviours that define our humanity and make our lives worth living.

Just as unsound ways of extracting wood fibre can destroy the ecological integrity of a forest until it can no longer regulate watersheds, atmosphere, climate, nutrient flows, and habitats, unsound methods of exploiting human resources can destroy the social integrity of a culture so it can no longer support the happiness and development of its members. An overworked but undervalued workforce and the unremitting insecurity that threatens even the most valued knowledge workers with fear of layoffs, all corrode community and undermine civil society. The health of societies depends not only on choosing the right means to satisfy human needs but also on understanding the interlinked pattern of those means.