• Sustainable building must include building structures that are resilient enough to withstand natural disasters.
• Aris Papadopoulos, CEO of cement maker Titan America, told business people at the Rio+20 environmental conference that failing to use resilient materials and designs "can take back 20 years of development progress" when disaster strikes.
• Cisco and Credit Suisse were among companies participating in the Corporate Sustainability Forum.

From the article:

A meeting of 1,000 business executives at the recent Rio+20 environmental conference featured a passionate plea to include building resilience in efforts to boost sustainability. “Urbanization investment over the next 20 to 30 years will exceed all such investment made so far in human history,” said a CEO of a large cement manufacturer. “It’s very important that this investment be resilient so we don't have to build twice,” he said.