sustainability

[suh-stey-nuh-bil-i-tee]

noun

1. the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.

2. 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

sustain + -ability

Example Sentences

“Defense is now a social necessity, though not a sustainable investment,” says Mark Wade, head of sustainability research and stewardship at Allianz Global Investors.

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In the U.K., there are worries over fiscal sustainability ahead of November’s autumn budget that pose headwinds to sterling.

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Prices are up more than 50% over the year to date and investors will be assessing the sustainability of the rally.

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Baseball’s analytics revolution has ushered in an age of cost-benefit analyses, sustainability studies and five-year plans, to the point where Dombrowski prioritizing the present over the future feels like a market inefficiency.

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In a new report, Morgan Stanley noted that across developed markets, “In the last year, on average, nominal growth has slowed, cost of debt has risen, and deficits deteriorated—a triple whammy for debt sustainability.”

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