Restoring the Present, Securing the Future.

What is sustainable development?

The concept is admittedly an admission that development is much more than economic growth and that the pursuit of economic growth and expansion alone cannot sustain both the present and future generations. The concept is also an admission of the imbalance in attention the environment and other key sectors have received in the quest to achieve economic development. The widely accepted definition of the term is that carried by the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) chaired by Ms. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway. Their report states that “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

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