sustainability

political lexicon

Sustainability is an integral component of doing business

a sign of social accountability

is equated with meddling in the affairs of their business relation

they endorse common and individual responsibility for bringing about sustainable development

The intermediary role that they play in society

an environmentally friendly way

opportunities for sustainable business

banks can influence the nature of economic growth

the risks for banks rose substantially due to a number of lawsuits

The World Bank's Prototype Carbon Fund

Demands on end products and semi-manufactured goods

Paradigm shift

base on sustainable ratios instead of exclusively financial ratios

incremental improvement in the production process

the durability of products

undesirable side effects: dire poverty in developing countries, environmental problems, declining social cohesion, wars and threat of war

A place must be found for immaterial aspects, or even better, a balance between the martial and immaterial in the growth of prosperity

Modern society is dominated by economic materialism

to continue to expanding awareness with respect to sustainability

to go beyond their preconceptions by posing and discussing a number of essential questions

However, this book will also be explicitly of interest to bank customers, governments, environmental organizations, and scientists

an insufficient appreciation of the scarcity of resources leads to soil exhaustion, erosion, an interference with nature's ability to generate itself

the failure of individuals to transcend individual interests

Environmental deterioration

the ecological system is the principal system from which the economic system is derived

This indeed reduced in the local nuisance, while having no effect on environmental impact

the discharge of sulphur dioxide (SO2) which can cause acid rain that attacks forests, building and human health

Biblical times

the salination of the irrigation system in ancient Mesopotamia

if the economic system is to be sustainable, these effects must be internalized in market prices

the list includes desertification, tropical deforestation, acidification, climate change, fossil fuels, chemical substances in food chain and in groundwater

the eradication of poverty in developing countries

two conflicting approaches: the anthropologic and the ecocentric.

Future generations are bequeathed a legacy of environmental cleaning and health problems

the consumption of raw materials does not outstrip the regenerational capacity of the ecological system, nor does the environmental pollution outstrip its absorption capacity

it prompts the discussion as to what the different bottom lines are exactly

changing in customer references should engender a sharp fall in environmental impact per product unit

environmental friendliness, price, ease of access, availability and status

it often looks like a vicious circle

Nevertheless, eco-efficency does not guarantee sustainability

company's norms, values, culture, and structure

the more emancipated global citizen

it entails that

decay of the urban environment

at the turn of the 20th century

a large agglomeration of 5 million today would become a megacity of 10 million in just 14 years

pervasive poverty

a stark division

methodology grounded in research and practice