The availability of natural resources and raw materials is essential for the development of society, which increasingly demands new products and solutions from companies and industries. Not long ago, however, the realization that resources are not inexhaustible and that their scarcity may become a reality were not major social concerns, nor even the importance of biodiversity for the maintenance of human life on the planet.

For some years now, however, socio-environmental issues have been gaining more and more space in social, academic, political and governmental areas. People have developed an awareness of the importance of environmental preservation, especially to ensure development for the next generations.

This speech was mainly disseminated by the UN, which adopted the term sustainable development. The expression started to be used after the First United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, which took place in 1972, in Stockholm, Sweden.

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