**1. Introduction**

Corporate governance, social responsibility, and innovation play an important role in achieving sustainable business development goals (SDGs) [1–3]. The magnificent challenges that humankind faces, such as climate change and global warming, deforestation, biodiversity loss, hunger, poverty, inequality, racism, women abuse, child labor, shareholderism/wealth maximization, conflicts, and recent pandemics, deter the achievement of both corporate and national SDGs [4,5]. Sustainable corporations embed sustainable development agenda into their business models and make sustainability benefits a key objective of the new business era [6]. In this context, corporate managerial and investment choices consider not only the aspects of economic performance, but also their social and environmental performance [7]. Accordingly, sustainable business is an opportunity for corporations to enhance trust and create value on a wide scale. However, a sustainable business must be economically worthwhile, so that it can have a positive impact on corporate profitability, stimulating the long-term success and resilience of business companies and overall sustainable financial solidity [6,7].

Corporations are widely accredited as playing a crucial role in achieving SDGs, as they can promote responsible investments and integrate ethical, environmental, and social criteria into their investment strategies [6]. Corporate directors can use corporate governance mechanisms and innovation to support business projects and activities with a measurable long-term positive economic, social, and environmental impact [7]. Accordingly, additional research is needed regarding governance, sustainability, innovation, and SDGs.

With these premises, this Special Issue will contribute to the existing literature on corporate sustainability governance and innovation and SDGs. It will enhance our understanding of the potential contributions of sustainability governance and innovation practices to improve corporate sustainable financial performance and the accomplishment of the SDGs. It will also offer additional insights into the perception of sustainability governance, innovation, and SDGs of corporate directors, investors, and other stakeholders. Thus, the twenty-fifth articles that comprise the Special Issue cover a broad continuum of topics related to corporate governance, social responsibility, innovations, and SDGs. Generally speaking, there are a few articles that approach these topics from a theoretical view, while the other papers are empirical studies. The following two sections are brief summaries of the content of each of the articles published in this Special Issue.
