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Major sustainibility trends in 2012

Posted by: xamboli, 2. January 2012 - 11:11
Source: http://www.commodityonline.com

In 2012, the world would be witnessing some of the major trend shaping sustainable developemnet movements as worldwide movement toward sustainability has made significant progress over the past half-dozen years as companies and cities have pursued strategies that balance future and current social needs, according to Dan Probst, Chairman of Energy and Sustainability Services at Jones Lang LaSalle.

The road to sustainability has been plagued with road blocks, including an unprecedented global financial crisis and attempts by entrenched business and political interests to deny climate science. Perhaps the greatest obstacle has been the lack of consistent and comparable standards for defining and measuring sustainability.

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