"I believe that we have tremendous opportunity with lightweight materials, energy-absorbing materials, to design our vehicles so that they are extraordinarily safe and, at the same time, extraordinarily efficient."
- Joan Claybrook
President
Public Citizen
“You want to leave the planet in better shape than when you received it….something that's going to sustain a future generation. We should really be harnessing our imaginations, our engineering skills, and our inventiveness.”
- Ken Cook
President
Environmental Working Group
“This planet doesn't belong to you and me. It belongs to the future generations and, therefore, we should ensure that today's natural resources remain available to the next generations as well.”
- Dr. Vibha Dhawan
Director of Biotechnology
The Energy and Resources Institute , India
“Everybody, every single individual has a responsibility toward sustainability. Everyone can do something."
- Andre Guimaraes
Executive Secretary
Instituto BioAtlantica , Brazil
“We have only [one] common goal. The earth's climate belongs to every country all over the world….it does not belong to one country or one company.”
- Professor Jiang Jian-An
Former Chief Engineer
Shanghai Municipal Institute of Organic Fluoro Materials
“The businesses that can see over the horizon and realize the demand for innovative products that meet human aspirations but solve environmental challenges, the businesses that see that those products are going to be in greater and greater demand, are going to be the ones that prosper.”
- Fred Krupp
President
Environmental Defense
“Climate change is an issue that's going to shape the future...but in the long term this has got to be a business opportunity. Every effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions means a substitute of some new technology for some old technology."
- Jonathan Lash
President
World Resources Institute
“Sustainability is a fine balancing act between increasing access to hope and to critical resources for people whilst minimizing the negative impacts of that access.”
- Jane Nelson
Director
Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative Kennedy School of Government - Harvard University
“Global climate change has become the environmental issue of the 21st century…everyone needs to be involved.”
- Larry Selzer
President
The Conservation Fund
“Global challenges require global solutions - and recognizing this is the key to success.”
- Florence Wambugu, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International
