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Sustainability

 Sustainability Issue CoverIn the last decade, sustainable development has
become part of daily business. The challenge no longer
only consists in providing goods and services required
by society in a cost-effective way, but also in doing so
in a sustainable manner that meets the needs of both
present and future generations.

The United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED) held in Rio in 1992 determined
that there were three equally important interrelated
pillars of sustainability dealing with economic, social
and environmental aspects. 

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