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GU-Q: Sustainability

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What Is Sustainability?

Georgetown University's Sustainability definition:

The university takes an integrated and holistic approach to sustainability, placing value on a quadruple bottom line – people, planet, prosperity and purpose – guided by Georgetown’s Catholic and Jesuit values and its commitment to the common good.

State of Qatar's Vision 2030 document describes sustainable development as:

Sustainable development is a process that seeks to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs

United Nations definition of sustainable development:

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.