Maurice Strong
Maurice Strong
Maurice Frederick Strong, PC, CC, OM, FRSC, FRS, FRAICwas a Canadian oil and mineral businessman and a diplomat who served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth29 April 1929
CountryCanada
Maurice Strong quotes about
past opportunity practice
Not to say that corporations are perfect today, but even grand corporations like Dupont have made immense progress in translating some of their past environmentally damaging practices into new profit opportunities.
criticism source
I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn.
baby children years
Licences to have babies incidentally is something that I got in trouble for some years ago for suggesting even in Canada that this might be necessary at some point, at least some restriction on the right to have a child.
powerful political affair
Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.
country raw-materials six-months
A citizen of an advanced industrialized nation consumes in six months the energy and raw materials that have to last the citizen of a developing country his entire lifetime.
growth population needs
The combination of population growth and the growth in consumption is a danger that we are not prepared for and something we will need global co-operation on.
numbers roles china
I am retired from all my official roles, but I am still very active. I have close relationships at the U.N. I don't have any role at the U.N, but I'm still quite cooperative with a number of U.N. activities, in particular to China and that region.
india development months
The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development.
cells japan car
In addition to this, they already have a fuel cell car on the road in Japan. It is subsidized from within the corporation because they are still at a high cost.
decision program projects
I was with Ted Turner when he came to see Kofi Annan - the Secretary-General of the UN - to announce his decision to put $1 billion to the service of UN projects and programs.
commitment research-and-development environmental
I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following.
people environmental way
One of the things that Ive always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways.
taken fate prophet
I am convinced the prophets of doom have to be taken seriously.
may path another-chance
We must, from here on in, all go down the same path... There may not be another chance.