On first acquaintance sustainability or, to be more specific, sustainable investment seems axiomatic.

Who else but a complete idiot would commit money to an investment that would not be around in the future, and is incapable of generating a long-term return, let alone the initial cost of the investment?

Reality has turned out otherwise, however.

There is never a shortage of investors keen to commit money to ventures that seem to have no future at all. Moreover, they...