Blockchain for Sustainable Business Management: Innovations and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Blockchain technology has emerged as a transformative force across various industries, promising enhanced transparency, security, and efficiency. Simultaneously, the pressing need for sustainable business practices has never been more critical, as organizations globally strive to address environmental, social, and governance (ESG) challenges. This Special Issue on “Blockchain for Sustainable Business Management: Innovations and Applications” aims to bring together these two pivotal areas, highlighting the synergies and innovative solutions that blockchain can offer to promote sustainability.

The integration of blockchain technology with sustainable business management represents a paradigm shift in how organizations can operate more responsibly and ethically. Blockchain’s inherent characteristics—immutability, transparency, and decentralization—align seamlessly with the goals of sustainability. By ensuring traceability and accountability in supply chains, enabling efficient resource management, and fostering ethical business practices, blockchain holds the potential to revolutionize sustainable business strategies.

This Special Issue seeks to uncover the multifaceted applications of blockchain in driving sustainable development. From enhancing supply chain transparency and promoting circular economies to enabling green finance and supporting renewable energy initiatives, blockchain offers a wealth of opportunities for innovation. Contributors are encouraged to explore these intersections, providing empirical research, theoretical analyses, and practical case studies that demonstrate the transformative potential of blockchain in achieving sustainable business goals.

In addition, this issue will address the regulatory and policy implications of blockchain adoption, offering insights into the frameworks needed to support its integration into sustainable business practices. Technological innovations, such as the combination of blockchain with IoT and AI, will also be explored to highlight their role in advancing sustainability.

By contributing to this Special Issue, researchers and practitioners have the opportunity to shape the future of sustainable business management through blockchain technology. This is a call to advance the dialogue, present groundbreaking research, and share innovative solutions that can lead to a more sustainable and ethical global economy.

Join us in this exploration and help pave the way for a future where blockchain technology drives sustainable business transformation.

Scope:

The intersection of blockchain technology and sustainable business management is an emerging area of interest in academia and industry. This Special Issue seeks to explore the potential of blockchain technology to enhance sustainable business practices, improve transparency, and foster ethical decision making. We invite high-quality, original research papers that offer theoretical, empirical, and practical insights into the integration of blockchain technology with sustainable business management.

The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Blockchain in circular economy;
• Sustainable finance and blockchain;
• Blockchain for supply chain transparency;
• Blockchain for ethical business practices;
• Blockchain and renewable energy;
• Blockchain and sustainable development goals (SDGs);
• Technological innovations and blockchain.

Dr. Gazi Murat Duman
Dr. Ahmet Ozkul
Dr. Kamal P. Upadhyaya
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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• blockchain
• sustainability
• sustainable development
• environmental, social and governance
• ESG, cryptocurrency, sustainable development goals
• SDG
• circular economy
• green blockchain
• sustainable business management
• supply chain sustainability
• smart contracts
• green energy