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140 Sustainability quotes by 114 unique authors

Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. But you don't change human nature. Optimism, for me, is the belief… — Ed Mayo
What made traditional economies so radically different and so very fundamentally dangerous to Western economies were the traditional principles of prosperity of Creation versus scarcity… — Rebecca Adamson
We live in a world where there are a hell of a lot of new inputs that need to be factored in to your business.… — Stuart Rose
There can be no question about whether we should or should not transform our society in the direction of sustainability. — Alan AtKisson
As we enter the 21st Century it is clear that we have entered an unprecedented global age in which our diverse cultures, religions, philosophies, worldviews… — Ashok Gangadean
Sustainability: It's the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do, it's the profitable thing to do. — Hunter Lovins
Programmes like the BES are what make the difference between a good university & one that is truly outstanding. I believe this programme will be… — Unknown Author
The path to relative economic, social and ecological sustainability is guaranteed to be littered with failures of every nature and scale. If we recognize them… — John Elkington
If sustainability is going to take hold in the corporate sector in a big way - and we need it to - it will be… — Paul Gilding
Sustainability is no longer optional. Companies that fail to adopt such practices will perish. They will not only lose cost basis: they will also suffer… — Unknown Author
Permaculture is not the movement of sustainability and it is not the philosophy behind it; it is the problem-solving approach the movement and the philosophy… — Toby Hemenway
The idea of sustainability can imply there is one perfect, unchanging future, if only we could work out how to get there. Resilience might be… — Jamais Cascio
Sustainability is a set of conditions and trends in a given system that can continue indefinitely — Alan AtKisson
Sustainability is a political choice, not a technical one. It's not a question of whether we can be sustainable, but whether we choose to be — Unknown Author
GDP tells you nothing about sustainability — Joseph Stiglitz
Sustainability at Nike means being laser-focused on evolving our business model to deliver profitable growth while leveraging the efficiencies of lean manufacturing, minimizing our environmental… — Mark Parker
As more and more people wake up to the fact that further growth does not necessarily bring improvements in quality of life (and often exactly… — Jonathon Porritt
Reaching a general understanding that sustainability is the ultimate issue will finally bring us face-to-face with the political challenge of forging a sustainable society during… — Gaylord Nelson
Sustainability is living on nature's income rather than living on its capital. — Murray Gell-Mann
Any city has to give some thought to its ambition and brand in order to set sustainability goals. — Ginni Rometty
We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both — Paul Polman
If we achieve our sustainability targets and no one else follows, we will have failed. — Paul Polman
Sara Scherr and Jeff McNeely have given us a thoughtful, sensible book about a topic of great importance to the world. There is no food… — Ismail Serageldin
Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into practice and aim… — Elinor Ostrom
...there's no such thing as sustainability. There are just levels of it. It's a process, not a real goal. All you can do is work… — Yvon Chouinard

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