About SFS

What is Sustainable Development?

"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."

World Commission on Environment and Development, United Nations

"Sustainability is fundamentally the equitable preservation of
(1) built and natural environments,
(2) cultural heritages, and
(3) economic opportunities."

Simmons B. Buntin
Community Redeveloped

"A sustainable society is one that can persist over generations, one that is farseeing enough, flexible enough, and wise enough not to undermine either its physical or its social systems of support."

Donella H. Meadows
Beyond the Limits

"Sustainable development needs to be a broad, national strategy that fosters environmental and economic vitality. It is a social and business imperative for change. It challenges industry to initiate environmental strategies, not simply to comply with mandates. It challenges industry to focus and commit to pollution prevention. At the core of sustainable development is the search for a new regulatory system to rise above command and control policies. Instead, the paths to concurrent economic and environmental progress are voluntary actions, market incentives, partnerships and consensus building. Decisions built on consensus are more effective than those fed by confrontation."

David Bizelli
Dow Chemical Company

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