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If a company sustains losses or other difficulties, it has them.To manage to make something continue to exist over a long period of tim...
A share index of companies that are managed in a way which respects the environment and the future interests of society and does not tr...
Strong enough to continue existing or happening for a long time.
Growth that it is possible toSUSTAIN(=make continue) without causing economic problems economic growth that it is possible to sustain w...
Sustainable development is about maintaining an equilibrium between human activity and the natural environment over the long term. It i...
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) emerged in the UK in the 1990s as a developing agenda which was a reflection of growing public an...
A state in which the demands placed on the environment can be met without reducing its capacity to allow all people to live well, now a...
People and organisations who are clear that climate change, loss of biodiversity, reductions in non-renewable fossil fuels, depletion o...
Business sustainability is often defined as managing the triple bottom line - a process by which companies manage their financial,...