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A method of sediment transport in which air or water turbulence supports the weight of the sediment particles, thereby keeping them from settling out or being deposited.

Human practices that do not result in the permanent damage, alteration or depletion of the environment, ecosystems, species or natural resources.

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) is a global alliance for sustainable production in the apparel, footwear and textile industry. Its membership includes over 250 brands, manufacturers, NGOs, academic institutions and governments, working together to reduce the environmental and social impacts across the fashion industry. The organization is responsible for the Higg Index, an open-source set […]

Development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987). It assumes the conservation of natural assets for future growth and development.

A demonstration of how project activities, or additional activities implemented by the project proponent, contribute to sustainable development, as defined by and tracked against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The United Nations established 17 global development goals for all countries through a participatory process, elaborated in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. These goals include ending poverty and hunger, ensuring health and well-being, education, gender equality, clean water and energy, and decent work; and building and ensuring resilient and sustainable infrastructure, cities, and communities.

One of two market-based approaches provided under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement that allows countries to meet their NDC obligations by trading for and acquiring carbon offsets earned from the reduction of GHG Emissions. The SDM aims to reduce overall global GHG Emissions.

Sustainable fashion is a process of change in the ways of thinking and practices of design, production, communication, wearing and enjoying fashion, that values diversity, prosperity and well-being of both people and the environment. It highlights the interdependence of individual, social, environmental, cultural and economic implications of fashion, and so questions the status quo of […]

The practice of forestry in a way, and at a rate, that maintains the forest’s biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity, and its health in such a way that it fulfills, now and in the future, relevant ecological, economic, and social functions.

Sustainable national income is defined as the maximum amount a nation can consume while ensuring that future generations will have living standards at least as high as those of the current generation.