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It also addresses the negative implications of the sharp decline in birthrates for fiscal sustainability, economic growth, and social cohesion.
The fundamental issue for Canada is the sustainability of American economic growth.
Many species have been depleted, and there are things that need to be done in different areas to ensure the sustainability of our reefs.
A plastic bag, environmentalists say, is made from petroleum products and, therefore, is an unfriendly choice for environmental sustainability.
Considering cost is vital to achieving long-term sustainability.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Lasting for a long time
all-night
ancient
be going strongidiom
changeless
dateless
incorruptibility
incorruptible
incorruptibly
languish
lasting
nondurable
nondurable goods
of oldidiom
old
ongoing
timelessness
unslaked
until doomsday
venerably
year

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sustainability | Business English

sustainability
noun[ U ]
uk /səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/ us /-ətIi/
ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES
the idea that goods and services should be produced in ways that do not use resources that cannot be replaced and that do not damage the environment:
The successful coffee chain promotes sustainability within the coffee-growing regions.
the ability to continue at a particular level for a period of time:
sustainability of sthScepticism continues to exist about the sustainability of the economic recovery.

Examples of sustainability

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Many studies have been undertaken to investigate the financial sustainability of traditional pension systems and reform options from the macroeconomic standpoint.
The omnipresent qualities of metanarrative can perhaps be seen in how we approach sustainability.
Results identify cropping system, area under cultivation, consumption requirements and crop prices as important determinants of sustainability.
If these differing notions of sustainability are to have operational consequences, then measures of progress towards sustainable development are required.
The policy implication is that resource-rich countries can improve their weak sustainability performance by fighting corruption, difficult as this may be.
This gives it a lead in research into sustainability and responsible design.
The decision not to cultivate the land now in grass fallow constrains farm sustainability 12.
Complex performance extends the analysis from individual environmental problems to larger issues of sustainability, fairness, efficiency, and robustness.
These insights suggested ways that the farmer, researchers and policymakers might improve farm sustainability expressed as long-term economic viability.
It claims superior ecological sustainability in combination with sound economic viability.
Not everyone agrees with the premise that one of the criteria for sustainability should include economic viability.
These two case studies suggest a number of key messages with regard to the sustainability of collaborative working.
We here describe the legislative and institutional setting of the environmental management sector in the study countries, and draw major lessons for promoting institutional sustainability.
Collectively, soil biota affects both agricultural productivity and environmental quality and, therefore, warrants careful consideration when evaluating the sustainability of cropping systems.
To have raised, explicitly, the question of sustainability would have confused the issue.
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Collocations withsustainability

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These are words often used in combination with sustainability.

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corporate sustainability
This value should not be too low for the corporate sustainability.
debt sustainability
The second issue we discussed was debt and debtsustainability.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
definition of sustainability
Given a prior definition of sustainability, that of non-declining per capita human well-being, two main theories have been proposed.
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