Ed note. Commentary below comes via Project Syndicate, and is reprinted here with permission. Author David Griggs is Director of the Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) in Australia. Emphasis added.

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs' (defined by the Brundtland Commission and ...

“The problem appears to be that sustainable chemistry and green chemistry are sometimes used interchangeably, but can and do mean very different things depending on the point of view of the person ...

At a breakfast meeting this morning with reporters, President Obama’s top economic adviser Austan Goolsbee maintained that the president’s budget proposal is “sustainable.” Goolsbee was asked by THE ...

Marking an important milestone, the UN commission on sustainable use of the world’s resources concluded two decades of work, paving the way for the incoming High-level Political Forum to boost efforts ...

You know something is shifting in the markets when global business heavyweights move to issue standards, industry-specific metrics and even ready-to-invest financial vehicles, all aligned with one ...

KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University is embracing a new nationwide program aimed at expanding how higher education views sustainability and transforming the way campuses collect data to document ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — Group Michelin is calling for industrywide consensus on a "common and stringent definition" of what makes a material sustainable. "Currently, there is no single definition for ...

LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The European Union's markets watchdog said on Friday it will start working on a legal definition of "greenwashing" to underpin enforcement action as trillions of euros flow ...