The Brundtland Commission, formally called the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), was established to resolve a conflict between economic and environmental ministers.

FORBES: Settling the Sustainability Frontier

Certainly Dr Brundtland's previous assembly of wise folk, the World Commission on Environment and Development, did much to persuade companies and countries that investing in sustainable development was not just good for the environment, but might yield economic returns too.

ECONOMIST: International aid