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
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.
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.
please-me development agendas
What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now.
country interesting development
Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development.
numbers development accepted
Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses.
tendency
The tendency is to keep doing things the way you have done them.
believe either government necessary
I've always made it clear that I do not believe that global government is either necessary or feasible.
available buy canada hybrid soon
Soon you'll be able to buy a hybrid four-wheel drive. They are not here in Canada yet, but they soon will be and they are available in Japan.
best bit continue people response supporters
Most of my supporters are people who actually know me. I just continue to do the best I can and I don't bother to try and respond to every little bit because the best response is just to keep on doing what you think is right.
environmental people performance
One of the things that I've 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.
corporate perfectly proper seek sell soul
It is perfectly proper for NGOs to seek corporate support. But it is also important that, in doing so, they not sell their soul for that support.
either save
We're either going to save Ihe world or no one will be saved.
I have a cow's valve in my heart.
condition developing ecological greater larger people
We in the industrialized world make a greater difference because our ecological footprint, our impact on the condition of the environment, is 40 to 50 times larger than that of people in the developing world.