We define Sustainability by reference to the Brundtland definition of sustainable development, being “[Meeting] the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” and by the professional societies of the West, as “working within environmental limits”. The advantage of this definition is that it necessitates working towards a system which is truly sustainable over an indefinite time period, as opposed to simply promoting environmentally “friendly” behaviour.
Sustainable resources are commodities ranging from clean energy and carbon credits, to physical resources such as biomass and water, which have been produced in a “sustainable” manner. To meet the definition of sustainable resources a product must come from either:
The sustainable cultivation of resources from renewable resources, for example production of biomass pellets for energy use from agricultural waste, such that the activity may form a part of a sustainable economy, viable into perpetuity; or
The utilization of waste created from the processing of non-renewable sources, such as the destruction of methane vented through coal mining processes for the production of electricity, such that the activity may facilitate the transition to a sustainable economy, viable into perpetuity.
The sustainable resources produced by Sindicatum come either from the sustainable cultivation of renewable natural resources or from the utlisation of waste.
Consequently, to pass our selection criteria, an investment must satisfy the following conditions:
