Sustainability definition

Sustainability means the use, development, and protection of resources at a rate and in a manner that enables people to meet their current needs while allowing future generations to meet their own needs; “sustainability” requires simultaneously meeting environmental, economic and community needs.

Sustainability means forms of progress that meet the social, environmental and economic needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Sustainability means balancing economic, environmental, and social factors in an equitable manner to maintain and protect the water resources needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own water resources needs.

Examples of Sustainability in a sentence

• Added a General Sustainability Performance Assessment section that codifies participation by all undergraduate campuses in the AASHE STARS rating system and achieving a gold rating by 2023.

• Replaced the 2020 goal in the Sustainable Food Services section, which has already been met, with a new 2030 goal that aligns with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) and Practice Greenhealth’s requirements.

• Annually, the UC Health Sustainability Working Group will report to the University of California Health Center Chief Operating Officer Group and the University of California Sustainability Steering Committee.

• The UC Sustainability Steering Committee, which is chaired by the Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer, provides oversight for all aspects of the Policy.

• The UC Health Sustainability Working Group, with input from relevant working groups for each subject area, will develop normalized data reporting protocols to track the implementation of sustainability programs at health locations.

More Definitions of Sustainability

Sustainability means activities that promote livable or viable communities. It applies to activities aimed at improving neighborhoods, business districts, or communities, helping to make them more livable or viable by providing benefits to persons of low- and moderate-income. It can also mean activities that remove or eliminate slums or blighted areas.

Sustainability is defined in ORS 184.421 and means using, developing and protecting resources in a manner that enables people to meet current needs and provides that future generations can also meet future needs, from the joint perspective of environmental, economic and community objectives.

Sustainability. : means the evaluation of the products and/or services will include their related packaging, delivery, production, and waste diversion methods as well as the ecological, economic, and social benefits;

Sustainability means the ability of a bank to persist in the landscape and maintain its functions in anticipation of future development needs within the watershed. Sustainable bank sites must have sufficient buffer areas to protect the site from degradations due to activities on adjacent lands.

Sustainability means the long term reliability and viability of finance, operations, environmental performance or technology, or using natural infrastructure.

Sustainability means meeting the needs of current and future generations through an integration of environmental protection, social advancement, and economic prosperity.

Sustainability means nonregulatory activities