Sustainability Defined
Sustainability is an activity of lasting value with capacity to endure within
earth’s carrying capacity. This in terms of business and economic activity has become
a major issue for global business and for government at all levels. But there is no 27
universally accepted definition of 'sustainability' and measurement of progress toward
sustainability is still more art than science. What is measured, how it is measured,
what range of indicators are appropriate, how one values the present in relation to the
future and how one arrives at a final judgment where ecological, social and economic
indicators move in different directions, are all matters of intense debate and open for
interpretation.