Failure to meet these challenges will limit the impact and sustainability of any measures adopted.

Sustainability of public debt has replaced sustainability of private debt as the biggest threat to financial stability, and the focus of debate about the US current account has shifted from the sustainability of foreign debt to the impact of reducing the external deficit on growth and employment.

(c) thematic planning to ensure a decisive impact on human health, agricultural development, industrial applications, radiological protection, self sufficiency and sustainability

Its objective is to explore new kinds of relationships with NGOs that will leverage mutual strengths and complementarities to increase impact and sustainability.

Thus far, the quality of our choices has been unimpressive, reflecting little sensitivity to sustainability and the impact of our choices on future generations.

In 2005 and 2006 the Commission updated its approach to include economic, social and environmental dimensions, thus moving in the direction of Sustainability Impact Assessment.

Significant emphasis will be put on ensuring the relevance, cost effectiveness and sustainability of UNIDO services in Africa and their impact on the development process.

Thirdly, increasing and legitimate attention is being paid to ensuring beneficiaries' ownership of operations, the sustainability and predictability of resources, and measurement of the development impact of assistance.

This is significant since it has a direct impact on the plan implement evaluate improve programming cycle that determines the quality and sustainability of drug abuse prevention campaigns.

Since then the approach has evolved to take into account developments in corporate sustainability reporting as well as development in the field of accounting for social and environmental impact.

UNICEF will continue to design and demonstrate intersectoral approaches, as one of the best ways to ensure positive impact and sustainability, and to take advantage of opportunities for synergy.

The Sustainability Mindset

Sustainability of achievements

Ensuring environmental sustainability

C. Environmental sustainability

Women and sustainability

Nevertheless, many challenges remain for enhancing the contribution of microfinance initiatives, especially for the sustainability of microfinance and for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of the impact of microfinance on poverty.

Mechanisms will include analyses of the donor environment, development of sustainability plans based on projections and results based budgeting frameworks that link investments with expected outcomes and impact, and vigourous advocacy.

Harnessing Disruption for Sustainability

The Transition to Sustainability

China s management of food and product safety issues will have a long term impact on trade relations, the sustainability of China s growth strategy, and its further integration into the global trading system.

Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish that his images stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability.

The group took the view that the board should disclose its policy and performance in connection with environmental and social responsibility and the impact of this policy and performance on the firm's sustainability.

The Business Case for Sustainability

Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability

Debt sustainability and debt relief

Ensure environmental sustainability (MDG 7)

Round table 7 Environmental sustainability

Recent understanding of human ecosystems and of human impact on the biosphere have led to a link between the notion of sustainability with the co evolution 1994 and harmonization of cultural and biological evolution.

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) refers to the three main areas of concern that have developed as central factors in measuring the sustainability and ethical impact of an investment in a company or business.

Goal 7 Environment Sustainability Promoting environmental sustainability through education and good management of natural resources (including soil and water).

The international community should endeavour to highlight the issue of deserts and land degradation by addressing the root causes of desertification and its adverse impact on development, poverty, deforestation, health, environmental sustainability, agriculture and migration.

The G 7 s Sustainability Mission

4. Recognizes the importance of scaling up microcredit and microfinance services and of using the Year as a platform to find ways of enhancing development impact and sustainability through the sharing of best practices and lessons learned

13. Invites the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and all relevant international organizations to continue to analyse trends in commodities and their impact on the development of commodity dependent developing countries, including on debt sustainability

Financial viability and sustainability of local police

Achieving sustainable development and ensuring environmental sustainability

Operational activities for development should be viewed in the light of their effects and sustainability and the possibility of replicating them in other developing regions and countries they should not be bound to immediate results of limited impact.

Ray Anderson on the business logic of sustainability

Policies aimed at sustainability are likely to follow.

There cannot be sustainable development without environmental sustainability.

This will guarantee sustainability in the medium term.

The three central objectives of streamlining the complex rules and procedures with a view to reducing transaction costs, improving financial and programme results, and increasing the impact and the sustainability of development activities should be pursued with greater vigour.

Among the issues raised in the report are those concerning the scope, impact and sustainability of public administration reforms the capacities needed to design, implement and monitor the reforms and the strategies to be employed in surmounting obstacles to change.

Notes also the importance of the follow up to ensure the sustainability of impact through inter alia increased networking, including with former participants, and partnerships with regional and local institutions, and encourages the secretariat to make further efforts in this regard