Barry Sternlicht Quotes

Manufacturers to Green when it makes more Green.

At Natura, we have long been committed to measure and improve the impacts of our activities.

You'll know the green revolution has been won when the word 'green' disappears.

It's time for all of us to kind of think about the green initiative as a whole. Monetizing it is very important. It's on us to continue to put the message out.

Yes, green business is good business. But it's not just about making money. It's about being responsible.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

We try to make earth-friendly decisions whenever we can, as it's part of our brand DNA.

With increasing fervor since the 1980s, sustainability has been the watchword of scientists, environmental activists, and indeed all those concerned about the complex, fragile systems on the sphere we inhabit. It has shaped debates about business, design, and our lifestyles.

Green business is not about tie-dyed T-shirts. It's about transforming the industrial system itself into one that looks at all the connections.

We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.

Nobody yet knows how to improve working conditions and environmental quality without imposing heavy costs somewhere.

More businesses should be following Apple's stance in encouraging more investment in sustainability.

The economy of the future has been aligned with the climate agenda. Even the competitiveness of companies will depend on how resource efficient they are.

We drive our business as a cause, one where we power a greener tomorrow.

I believe the green movement is gaining momentum because people are becoming more educated about the real importance of living green.

After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital.

When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.

When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days.

The industrial processes in use today were developed at a time when no one had to consider what the environmental impact was. Who cared? But making ecological concerns matter to a company's bottom line will help it do the research and development that will reinvent everything we buy.

It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.

I'm a strong proponent of green tech for anyone who can afford it, having spent the last 40 years working toward achieving a smaller and smaller eco-impact for myself.

Good environmental policy is good economic policy.

We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time.

In today's world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate - and even thrive - in an environmentally-friendly manner.