Sustainability
“Meeting the needs of present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.” – The World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987 (U.N. Brundtland Report)
Ask 10 people, “What is sustainability?” and you are likely to get ten different answers. In recent years ‘sustainability’ has perhaps become the most overused and misunderstood word in the building materials lexicon. Sustainability has become the blanket term for all things related to the environmental impact of a building material.
From recyclability, to recycled content, from ecosystem depletion at production to end of life reuse, metals lead the way in Green design. Within this section of The Metal Initiative website you will find a drawer full of information on the environmental impact of steel, aluminum, zinc, copper and other metals.
