There's corporate governance, workers' rights, carbon emissions, waste and much more, and – with government regulations up in the air – it can be exceedingly difficult to predict whether or not a sustainability play will pay off.
But as much as we may welcome the sustained attention to sustainability challenges paid by global leaders, companies and NGOs must not forget that many of the solutions we need to create a more sustainable world reside at a very local level.
Long-term sustainability has paid off for the N.F.L.
But the OECD said: "The combination of higher pension ages, fewer options for early retirement, changes in the way benefits are calculated and more people working and contributing longer has greatly improved the financial sustainability of pay-as-you-go pension systems".
There is no doubt that the population ageing is threatening the financial sustainability of Pay-As-You-Go pension systems.
They've always had the web, but there's an insane amount of power in the App Store's ability to funnel an audience — and importantly for sustainability, a paying audience — to apps from small teams.
In short, Enbridge pledged more than $2 million stretched over a decade to found the Enbridge Centre for Corporate Sustainability, which included paying the salary of a faculty member and a handful of scholarships.
People tell us they care deeply about sustainability and will pay more for better products, but then they don't.
Concessions have been won on sustainability, the clumsy "pay to stay" proposal, and the attack on lifetime tenancies in social housing.
Eric Olson, a senior vice president at Business for Social Responsibility, or BSR, a nonprofit that has advised Best Buy, says the company's sustainability work can pay dividends in ways that aren't always apparent.
