SME and sustainable development; Society needs to engage in the dialogue

摘要

During my year as SME president, I plan to focus on five areas. One of them is sustainable development (SD). There are many reasons why the time is right for SME to take a strong leadership position in SD, and I invite you to read an article on this topic published in this issue of Mining Engineering (page 54). The article traces SME's evolving role in the dialogue on sustainability and highlights the contributions that SME has made to promote sustainable development practices based on sound engineering and unbiased technical information.