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Chamber chief supports role
“There’s an inevitability about sustainability,”
says Peter Townsend. “If you think about it,
the only alternative’s extinction.” The Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of
Commerce chief chaired the Redesigning
Resources conference held in Christchurch
in July and says local government has a
leadership role in this area. “Local government does have a role to
demonstrate to its community that it is
prepared to lead in areas that are important
and sustainability’s one of those areas,” Mr
Townsend says. “They should be working on it wherever it
can be applied, provided they’re taking into
account the economic, social and
environmental divisions, because they’re all
important.” |