Sustainable economic development

A. meets future needs without compromising present needs.
B. always generates greater profitability.
C. produces greater diversity in the workforce.
D. meets present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
E. is an idea proposed by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth to cut costs and increase efficiency.


D. meets present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Sustainability is meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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