By improving the lives of slum dwellers, we are also combating malnutrition and diseases, many of which are directly linked to overcrowding and to the lack of clean water and improved sanitation. By the same token, slum improvement helps improve environmental sustainability and addresses gender inequality in the most efficient manner.
Anna Tibaijuka
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He is an absolute advocate of organic farming and really seems to understand the urgency of sustainability.
Helge Hellberg
The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them, ... There is no reason to go backwards in redesigning the city.
Paul Hawken
Environmental sustainability is substantially a factor of income and the ability to invest in building environmental infrastructure. As Americans, we think we are great at everything. This shows that is not the case.
Daniel Esty
There are so many different sets of reporting standards popping up all over the world, from NGOs to charities to different companies. As with financial reporting, there should be some standards for sustainability reporting.
Lynn Patterson
Today, fishery managers are continuing to ignore the law and allow unsustainable fishing for too many of our economically and ecologically important fish. It's time to listen to the science and put long-term sustainability ahead of short-term profits.
Mark Powell
Corporate sustainability reporting has grown nearly tenfold in the last decade to almost two thousand reports annually. The initial emergence of annual environmental, health, and safety reports seen in the 1990s has evolved into much broader and more comprehensive corporate social responsibility and sustainability reports.
Jay Falk
A one-term governor feels the same pressures - to put themselves into a position to be able to say at the end of their four years that they have accomplished certain things without regard to their long-term sustainability.
Quentin Kidd
We have done a great deal to tighten up our security. It is difficult to understand why we end up on the sustainability list when you compare it to cities that are going to get funding, like Memphis.
Jane Castor
Global companies' performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is rapidly becoming more critical to their competitiveness, profitability and share price. The Global 100 companies showcased here have already demonstrated that sustainability premium, and we believe that they are positioned to reward their investors even more heavily in the future.
Matthew Kiernan
We've actually begun to edge up on the four-week moving average ... from [about] 380,000 to [about] 420,000, which brings into question the future sustainability of spending, particularly in the retail sector.
Lawrence Goodman
The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.
Paul Hawken
Essentially it seems mankind has passed the point of 'environmental sustainability' upon which economic and social sustainability depends.
John Burnett
It's going to be the next technical boom. It is creating self sustainability so people don't have to rely on other people for electricity. And, it affects their bottom operation costs. It can pay itself back pretty quick.
Michael Chestone
The volume is really the key here as far as sustainability is concerned. People are coming in strong.
Michael Balog
There is no financial sustainability of management system. Operation and maintenance of a proper solid waste management system costs money. The local authority has to generate that money either by the budget/or raise rates and taxes or impose a waste management fee.
Sumith Pilapitiya
One of the key components of sustainability is having enough of the right products to sell. That starts with making room in our stores for products and customers.
Claire Babrowski
This is not about creating a giant. It's about creating the sustainability of the steel industry.
Lakshmi Mittal
Understanding what's out there is essential for us to cherish it… We know so little about this life on this planet. Life on this planet is essential for its long-term sustainability.
Brian Fisher
The issue is earnings sustainability.
John Rutledge
People can think that they are not a part of Earth Month or sustainability. But the bottom line is it will affect you.
Héctor Nájera
We've been talking for a long time about capital spending growth being a key component of the sustainability of this recovery. You have to be encouraged about what we've seen.
Joshua Feinman
The recognition of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes has grown significantly over the last years. We are excited to build up on this strong platform with the introduction of tradable indexes where both the selection and weighting of stocks reflects sustainability leadership.
Alexander Barkawi
The project ultimately succeeded because we had the good fortune of working with a progressive owner that was determined to advance these principles in New York City. Environmental sustainability is a product of that holistic way of thinking.
Norman Foster
There's been a significant amount of pressure to go back to the way things were. This [Stevens] bill as it stands now would preserve the 1996 shift to sustainability. That's first and foremost the most critical feature of the legislation.
Lee Crockett
Similar to the oil sector in 2003-2004, we believe long-term pricing or sustainability assumptions may be shifting in the metals.
Tony Lesiak
We are now a large step closer to locating the prime spawning grounds and predicting which part of the [prawn] stock is contributing to next year's harvest. Management strategies can then be developed to protect this part of the stock and help ensure the sustainability of the fishery.
Scott Condie
Basically I think it's the fact that the devices are still selling. (Given) the fact that they were able to maintain revenue guidance for the (coming) quarter, it really looks like the sustainability and momentum, at least in the hardware sales, has persisted.
Benjamin Bollin
Designing for sustainability requires a dedication to evaluating a product's long-term effects and lowering the environmental impact at every stage of a product's life-from materials extraction to end-of-use.
Allan Smith
We are all about sustainability.
Jennifer Radtke
Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.
Burton Richter
The colleagues of the CGI raised questions on the transparency of the compensation fund program and the sustainability of its implementation.
Aburizal Bakrie
The range was initially developed for sustainability, more than it was for modernization, ... During my tenure here, I want to aggressively activate the new test range. That will bring us a lot of capability...so having that new range is really critical to us.
Jack Weinstein
Short term we are very concerned about fuel diversity for such reasons as fuel prices and energy security. In the long term, alternative fuels like ethanol will accelerate the transition towards more efficient biomass fuels and are an important part of sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction.
Curtis Magleby
Returns to airlines are slowly improving but are far from allowing long-term financial sustainability.
Brian Pearce
Each of the short listed organizations clearly demonstrates how building sustainability into their business models can have a positive impact. The IBLF wishes them all continued success and hopes this recognition will serve to assist their efforts.
Robert Davies
There's a tremendous move toward green sustainability. There are going to be tremendous new business opportunities.
James Canton
The Dow is up on the year and anything that has a positive spin to it certainly helps give you a better feel in the credit market. But the question is sustainability?
Scott Macdonald
This is not good; it raises concerns about the sustainability of China's growth.
Rob Subbaraman
Of course I'm worried about oil prices. But sustainability is what investors are looking for. If oil were to stabilize in the low $40s and stay there, valuations could move up.
Ted Parrish
Our country provides us with the richest resources, diversity and talent and this fusion project is a natural one for the Department of Arts & Culture to be involved in and drive, in order to create sustainability in the design sector.
Lindi Ndebele
We're still early in the game. I think what we saw was a rally that we've seen before over the last few years. We've had big one-day rallies that didn't really show any sustainability - so my hope is that the market will hold here.
Alan Ackerman
We've got to make sure [the money] fits into a long-term plan for sustainability. We can't finance sprawl.
John Godfrey
Further not getting threshold revenue (Cost of servicing + margins) from their home subscribers may affect business sustainability in the mid to long term.
Kobita Desai
A mid-cycle environment is all about sustainability.
Gene Huang
What we want to know is which place will have the sustainability 15, 20, 35, 30 years down the road.
Kerry Tharp
We don't know what sustainability means.
Jane Castor
Chrysler Group has provided long-standing support to minority-owned suppliers and will continue to create innovative initiatives and opportunities that leverage their sustainability and growth. Chrysler Group measures suppliers with objectivity and transparency. The companies which perform best in quality, technology, systems cost and supply are winning new business contracts.
Peter Rosenfeld
The sustainability of the American economic expansion is what the Fed is trying to achieve, ... And I think that technology stocks are going to do exactly what the Big Board has done; that is, establish a trading range. Gone is the rampant speculation in technology stocks. Instead, its going to be the cream rising to the top.
Scott Bleier
On the face of it, the numbers were pretty good but there are some question marks about the quality and sustainability of earnings given that most of the upside seems to have come from the Power Generation side.
Mark Davies
Flagstaff has been engaged for some time in long-term water sustainability planning efforts. Flagstaff has been working to identify a reliable water supply for the future, and this loan will enable the city to acquire the properties it has identified to meet its need.
Steve Owens
The move to a cash dividend is evidence of the board's confidence in the growth and sustainability of the company's future earnings and cash flows.
George Lindemann
We'll walk over to Frick Park (in neighboring Pittsburgh) and observe the watershed, the stream and test the water. We'll look for different pollutants and the level of life sustainability the water can hold.
Greg Egnor
From prehistoric times until today, humanity's dealings with water have greatly influenced the sustainability of societies.
Koichiro Matsuura
It adds a layer of knowledge and exposure to the school's general education that a lot of schools don't have. Issues about environmental sustainability are dealt with at a more sophisticated level.
Matthew Bell
Companies are going to keep increasing spending this year to take advantage of the relatively low interest rates. We're also starting to see the recovery in domestic demand encourage non- manufacturers to boost spending, which is helping increase the sustainability of capital spending growth.
Azusa Kato
This is not going to be enough - we're still looking for another 50 basis points by the end of the year, ... But it's the right move for the moment. A rise of 50 basis points would have cast doubt in the market about the sustainability of growth, in Germany in particular.
David Page
Our job is to enable them to come up with their own solutions and through self sustainability deal with it in the longer term. Therefore we are an enabler.
Tom Hunter
Financial sustainability is, without a doubt, the most pivotal issue for nonprofit organizations for the next decade. We're seeing many more organizations in financial distress.
Kate Dewey
Sustainability is an increasingly important concept in building construction, not only in the U.S. but in all of the regions we operate in around the world. We're pleased that we've been able to incorporate so many cutting-edge technologies and systems into our new facility, which will deliver long-term benefits to the company, our employees and the environment.
Walt Rakowich
Sure, we could drive stock prices up for one quarter or two quarters, but that's not the best thing for the company or its shareholders. The pain of sustainability is far better than the agony of the rubber band breaking.
Jim Jenness
We believe that sustainability pays and that these issues are material. But sustainability can mean different things in different industries.
Alexander Barkawi
We chose to partner with Heller in part because of their commitment to conservation and sustainability - a practice and philosophy upon which WWF is founded. The remarkable experience they've had helping large corporations to develop socially responsible programs as part of their brand communications and their exemplary creative work can only strengthen our relationship.
John Donoghue
While many commentators question the sustainability of hedge fund fees, we would highlight the long-only retail arena as an area where some fees do not reflect value added for the customer, but rather the distribution capabilities of the product manufacturer.
Geoff Miller
This is, for us, as good as it gets. Prince Charles has pretty much for 20-plus years embraced the idea of sustainability.
Helge Hellberg
She has an outstanding background in Alachua County with working with sustainability.
Ed Poppell
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