economic sustainability
Long-term financial health
Economic sustainability is the capacity of an economy to support long-term prosperity without depleting resources or creating conditions that undermine future growth.
It balances immediate economic activity against environmental limits and social stability: The company's practices prioritize economic sustainability over short-term profits.
The concept often appears alongside environmental and social sustainability as three pillars of sustainable development.
- fair wagesReasonable compensation for labor
- social safety netPublic programs preventing destitution
- generational wealthAssets passed through families
- green jobsSustainability-focused employment
- efficiencyProductive without waste
poverty alleviation · fair trade · renewable resources · carbon neutral · market stability · financial planning · labor rights · triple bottom line · resource allocation · risk management · decoupling · steady state · supply chain · local sourcing · buy local · wealth distribution · disaster preparedness · education access
economic sustainabilityboom-and-bust
Alternating expansion and contraction
economic instability · short-termism · boom-bust cycle · boom-bust cycles · financial instability
economic sustainabilityresource depletion
Exhausting available materials gradually
economic exploitation · environmental degradation · overconsumption · resource exploitation · pillaging
economic sustainabilityeconomic collapse
Catastrophic failure of finances
financial insolvency · bankruptcy · economic failure · fiscal crisis · market crash