"Sustainable development...(is) the process of building equitable, productive and participatory structures to increase the economic empowerment of communities and their surrounding regions."

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

• The Interfaith Center is a religious-oriented organization
   
  
• Stresses participation of people
   
  
• Like MACED, requires equity as a key component

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility is an organization in New York that is an association of religious organizations that are concerned with corporations' behavior toward society. The Interfaith Center defined sustainability in terms of equity and participation of community members in the economic decisions that determine their lives.