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Can't we identify a new direction? One that places greater emphasis on regeneration rather than sustaining an untenable status quo; on sound stewardship rather than development and pursuit of

growth? Stewardship goes beyond mere economic values, important as these may be, by restoring equilibrium and emphasising the environmental, ethical and spiritual values that are vital to any true and viable civilisation.



* Sadruddin Aga Khan, who is uncle of Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual head of the Ismaelis, has worked for UNESCO and as UN High Commissioner for Refugees; he now heads the Bellerive Foundation, which focuses on ecological questions



(1) Global Compact, founded by the UN in July 2000, is a forum that brings together businessmen, trade unionists, NGOs and UN bodies.
(2) Named after Gro Harlem Brundtland, who in 1983 headed the World Commission on the Environment and Development, the report was the basis of the 1992 UN conference held in Rio.

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