A State of the Art, Self–sustaining, Socially Responsible Project

Industry Quotes:

"There is an increasing investor interest in companies committed to the corporate sustainability principles — i.e., innovative technology, corporate governance, shareholder relations, industrial leadership and social well-being — because these companies have superior performances and favorable risk/return profiles. “We now have the quantitative tools for investors and companies to integrate sustainability principles, in both corporate and investment strategies to their mutual benefit.” Dr. Alois Flatz, Head of Sustainability Research, SAM Sustainability Group

"The future belongs to those who understand that doing more with less is compassionate, prosperous, and enduring, and thus more intelligent, even competitive. Leave the world better than you found it, take no more than you need, try not to harm life or the environment, and make amends if you do."
Paul Hawken, Environmentalist, Entrepreneur, Journalist

"The twenty-first century will be anything but 'business as usual' and the institutions that are able to balance the need to make a profit with the ability to honor the souls of those who work for them will emerge as corporate America's strongest leaders."
David Whyte, “The Heart Aroused”

Ethics and spiritual principles should be the basis of everything we do in life. All that we say, all that we think, and every activity should be based on that — including the selection of investments.  Therefore, you would not want to be an owner of a share of a company that is producing harm for the public. We should all give great attention to that, and probably it will be profitable to you, because companies that are harmful ordinarily do not prosper for very long. You will be better off with companies that are truly beneficial. They will go up in price and grow more rapidly.”
Sir John Templeton, Visionary, Mutual Fund Pioneer

"Companies with an eye on their ‘triple bottom line’ — economic, environmental and social sustainability out performed their less fastidious peers on the stock-market, according to a new index from Dow Jones and Sustainable Asset Management."
A July 2008 Economist article