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sustainability
[ suh-stey-nuh-bil-i-tee ]
noun
- the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.
- Environmental Science. the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance:
The committee is developing sustainability standards for products that use energy.
Word History and Origins
Origin of sustainability1
Example Sentences
The Department of Transportation has nearly 55,000 workers and leads the country’s safety, sustainability and efficiency efforts with regard to travel and transport.
“We don’t see the process of our clothes being made, so a lot of people don’t realize that the design choices completely define the sustainability credentials of our clothes,” Robinson tells me.
Tanton resurrected these sentiments and dressed them in liberal arguments about sustainability.
Inspired by his dedication to sustainability and upcycling, Romanelli’s numerous collaborations with Converse, Levis, Coca-Cola and Disney have straddled the design, music, art, food and fashion disciplines.
After they were excluded from the previous bill, Parry is "pleased" that the regulator can now consider them if deemed of risk to financial sustainability.
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