Quotes About Sustainability

More and more companies are reaching out to their suppliers and contractors to work jointly on issues of sustainability, environmental responsibility, ethics, and compliance.

To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.

I have refused to buy a car for the reasons of sustainability.

I think there is a general view that sustainability is really important. I do think it is a top priority. I don't know that it's the top priority.

Your money is power, so be aware of the products you're buying and the companies you're supporting to make sure you're helping the companies that are leading the way in sustainability.

All my projects are about sustainability, bioremediation, making things in a cleaner fashion.

If you look at the state of our planet, the next generations won't be around if we consider sustainability as a gimmick.

There's a myth out there that you have to genuflect at the altar of quarterly earnings. But it's a false choice that you can either be a good fiduciary or promote values such as environmental sustainability.

A hostility to modernity is shared by ideologies that have nothing else in common - a nostalgia for moral clarity, small-town intimacy, family values, primitive communism, ecological sustainability, communitarian solidarity, or harmonies with the rhythms of nature.

But now sustainability is such a political category that it's getting more and more difficult to think about it in a serious way. Sustainability has become an ornament.

Sustainability can't be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a design challenge.

Sustainability is the key to our survival on this planet and will also determine success on all levels.

Design shouldn't have to take a backseat to sustainability and making things responsibly.

What I try to do on my Instagram is provoke discussion and share environmental and sustainability messages.

It is neither feasible or advisable for us to reshore all supply chains; partnerships with our allies that promote more stable access to key inputs while improving environmental sustainability and workers' rights is essential.

The planet's biggest problems have to do with sustainability, environmental decline, global poverty, disease, conflict and so forth. Really, they're all interconnected - it's one big problem, which is that the way we're doing things can't go on.

More businesses should be following Apple's stance in encouraging more investment in sustainability.

I agree on the need for environmental sustainability. It is no good raising gross national income while at the same time destroying natural assets.

Sustainability is a part of our 'rise' philosophy. You cannot rise if you take more from the community than you put back.

All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.

Big companies are reliant on institutional investors on a punishing schedule which leads to ruthless behaviour. This form of capitalism with this structure and incentives will never deliver sustainability.

It will take time to educate people about sustainability, why it is so important and how it will make a difference to our planet.

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.

As sustainability becomes more and more of a concern, we're going to see more plastics.