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Insights into sustainability: Environmental, economic, and/or societal goals for a successful, and long-lasting, off-highway industry. - Sustainability matters

The environmentalist Jonathon Porritt usefully defined sustainability as, “The capacity for continuance into the long-term future.” On that basis all businesses need to consider the question of sustainability since if there's no future, there's no business.

Sustainability can take many guises apart from the obvious environmental one. There are also the economic and cultural facets to take into account.