"When I heard of this idea from Armand Kuris from the University of California, I realised its potential for sustainability was exceptional – it is something that would have a lasting effect.
Our fees ensure financial sustainability, while offering exceptional value for students.
The opportunity is that the Global Fund's exceptional features – its aim for international sustainability, rather than in-country sustainability; and its capacity to circumvent spending restrictions imposed by the IMF – could be extended to the improvement of health systems, and no longer be limited to disease-specific interventions.
Furthermore, it might lose some of its exceptional features in the process: its aim for international sustainability, rather than in-country sustainability, and its capacity to circumvent spending restrictions imposed by the International Monetary Fund.
Moreover, the projects reviewed were exceptional, typically undertaken through funded initiatives, with no guarantee of the sustainability of these new practices.
As we wash them down with Ovaltine, I soak in the easy friendship between an exceptional supplier and cook, both committed to quality produce and the sea, sustainability overriding profit.
The architects of the volunteer-force had great concerns related to the sustainability of the approach, and chief among those concerns was attracting and retaining exceptional volunteers.
The award "recognizes exceptional nonprofit organizations who have demonstrated creativity and impact, and invests in their long-term sustainability with sizable one-time grants".
GRI's reconstituted governance is an example of adaptation in the face of a changing landscape in which sustainability reporting, in little more than a decade, has shifted from the extraordinary to the exceptional to the expected.
