Governance and Sustainability

You are now reading the eighth post in our blog. We are very grateful for the positive feedback on the prior posts.

We have addressed a wide range of issues related to sustainability, yet the actual word has hardly been used. We take this commonly-used word for granted, so it generally goes undefined. A good definition is in Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (both of us are old enough to have printed dictionaries). Sustainability is derived from the word “sustain”. Sustain has many definitions, with healthy and enduring over time being common themes across the definitions.

The most prevalent use of the word is in the context of environmental issues, but it is also used frequently in relation to social issues. Within the context of performance, sustainability can...