Thoughts on sustainability
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—Bill Gates
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If you don’t have sustainable energy, you have unsustainable energy. The fundamental value of a company like Tesla is the degree to which it accelerates the advent of sustainable energy faster than it would otherwise occur.
—Elon Musk
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If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros.
—Jaime Lerner
—Jaime Lerner
It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzzword. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
—Cameron Sinclair
—Cameron Sinclair
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Sustainability has to be a way of life to be a way of business.
—Anand Mahindra
—Anand Mahindra
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It is through technological innovation and the pursuit of sustainable social, economic and ecological development that we can chart the country’s path to progress and power a greener tomorrow.
—Tulsi Tanti
—Tulsi Tanti
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If you look at the state of our planet, the next generations won’t be around if we consider sustainability as a gimmick. —Jochen Zeitz
All the conservation efforts in the world won’t be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.
—Naveen Jain
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The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces or at least not try to defy them.
—Paul Hawken
—Paul Hawken
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Managing forests, rivers, grasslands and coral reefs in sustainable ways makes them more resilient and increases their ability to absorb greenhouse gases, which is good for business.
—Johan Rockström
—Johan Rockström
(This story appears in the 08 June, 2018 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
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