Sustainability

Corporate Environmental Performance and Disclosure: Implications for Sustainability

edited by

Jianfu Shen

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4250 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate environmental performance; disclosure; sustainability; carbon; ESG

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Smart Manufacturing and Autonomous Systems for Sustainable Development

edited by

Jian Wan

,

Yuchun Xu

and

Ming Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3911 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; smart manufacturing; autonomous systems; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Green Construction Materials and Sustainability

edited by

Ana Jiménez del Barco Carrión

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3352 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; green materials; green construction; life cycle assessment; biomaterials; sustainable materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

High-Value and Resource-Based Utilization of Coal-Based Solid Waste

edited by Yongzhen Wang, Rui Zhou and Liang Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3067 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal-based solid waste; coal gangue; fly ash; lignite; wave absorbing and stealth; sound absorption and noise reduction; soil manure and conditioner; wastewater treatment; foamed ceramic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Novel Technologies and Digital Design in Smart Construction

edited by

Long Chen

and Zhihe Yang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2432 | Submission Open

Keywords: technology innovation; digital technologies; AI techniques; data-driven approaches; novel materials; sustainable development; climate change socio-technical system

Digital Transformation for a Sustainable World: Trends and Challenges

edited by

Leonor Teixeira

,

João Reis

and

Pedro Fonseca

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2400 | Submission Open

Keywords: digitalization; sustainability; green footprint; green computing; inclusion; participatory; circular economy; carbon footprint; green technology; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Development and Land Use Change in Tropical Ecosystems

edited by Elisa Grieco

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2232 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change agroforestry sustainable development land use change rural communities adaptation mitigation tropical ecosystems nature-based solutions forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Regional and Local Economic Development and Policies in Sustainable Economy

edited by

Jason Jolley

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1988 | Submission Open

Keywords: regional economic development; local economic development; economic impact analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Future Prospects of BIM Management for Sustainability in Smart Built Environment 2nd Edition

edited by

Sepehr AlizadehSalehi

,

Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue

and

Ibrahim Yitmen

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1869 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information management; building information modelling (BIM); building lifecycle management; sustainable projects; sustainability; digital transformation in AEC; digital twins; artificial intelligence; cognitive buildings; smart city; energy analysis and control; design and construction for sustainability; visualization; extended reality (XR); virtual reality (VR); mixed reality (MR); environmental design; design research; sustainable built environment; modular construction; smart city and construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Perspectives and Challenges: New Energy Power Generation and Power System Sustainability

edited by Giovanni Brumana and Elisa Ghirardi

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1821 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; power generation; energy storage; energy conversion; renewable energy; energy management; smart grids’ testing and modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Crop Productivity under Climate Change: Resilience, Nutritional Quality and Implications for Future Management

edited by

Jūratė Žaltauskaitė

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1525 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate extremes; food security; nutritional value; sustainable forage crop management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Production and Supply Chain Management

edited by

Eirini Aivazidou

and

Naoum Tsolakis

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1429 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable production; sustainable consumption; sustainable supply chains; sustainable operations management; sustainable business models; circular economy; circular supply chains; social sustainability; digital sustainability; digital supply chains

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Products and Services)

Environmental Economics and Ecological Transformations from a Sustainability Perspective

edited by Wanhai You, Shijing Nan and Yawei Guo

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1322 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental economics; ecological transformations; structure transition; sustainable development; energy transition; climate change; climate risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Food Safety, Food Quality, Food Packaging and Sustainable Food Supply Chains

edited by

Agnieszka Ciurzyńska

and

Monika Janowicz

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1166 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain; food safety; food quality; food packaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Development of the Digital Economy and Digital Innovation in the Web2.0 Environment

edited by

Yi Su

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1163 | Submission Open

Keywords: Web2.0 and sustainable economy; digital economy; digital innovation; big data; internet of things; green innovation; sustainable development; sharing economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Sustainable Supply Chain Management for Remanufacturing

edited by

Aijun Liu

, Yingxue Zhao,

Mingbao Cheng

and Jianjun Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1089 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain management; remanufacturing; circular economy; reverse logistics; corporate social responsibility; eco-design; supply chain optimization; environmental impact reduction; strategic management; technological integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Promising Alternative Fuels and Sustainability

edited by

Chenxi Ji

and

Qingsheng Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; green fuel pathways; GHG emissions; sustainable technology; transportation decarbonization; carbon neutrality; oil and gas value chain; AI-driven sustainability projection; marine alternative fuels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

New Insights in Organizational Well-Being and Sustainable Behavior

edited by

Hyo Sun Jung

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 954 | Submission Open

Keywords: corporate social sustainability; green washing; employee well-being; employees’ sustainable behaviour; hospitality industry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)

Sustainability Teaching in the Face of the Global Challenges of the 21st Century

edited by

Álvaro-Francisco Morote

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 902 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); climate change and natural hazards; water resources and landscape; end-purposes of sustainability teaching; relevant social problems; education for democratic citizenship

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Intelligent Transportation Systems Applications for Sustainability and Safety

edited by Dongdong Wang,

Amjad Pervez

, Chenzhu Wang and Liqiang Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 817 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation system; traffic safety; machine learning; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainability Issues in Plant Growth and Development: Environmentally Friendly Alternatives for Pest Management

edited by

Leandro Bacci

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 787 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; integrated pest management; biological pest control; natural enemies; pheromone; chemical ecology; biopesticide; ecotoxicology; plant extract; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Governing Urban and Regional Transformations through Sustainability

edited by

Valeria Monno

, Grazia Concilio and

Francesco Musco

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 765 | Submission Open

Keywords: governance; transition; innovation; transformative capacity; climate change; urban and environmental regeneration; policy making and planning ontologies and ecologies

Smart Sensors and IoT Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture Practices

edited by

Li-Wei Liu

,

Yu-Min Wang

and Hsin-Wei Kuo

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 759 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-aqua sustainability; smart irrigation and aquaculture management; machine learning in agriculture and aquaculture; digital agriculture and aquaculture; climate-smart agriculture and aquaculture; controlled environment agriculture and aquaculture; environmental sensing; wireless sensor networks; remote control; IoT; UAV; Zigbee; LoRa; deep learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Application of Regenerative Approaches, Sustainable Technologies and Multiscale Climate Strategies in Improving the Urban Built Environment

edited by Alejandro Prieto and Elizabeth Wagemann

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 674 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban environment; climate adaptation and mitigation designs; regenerative design; sustainable technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Advances in Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment: Emerging Technologies and Solutions

edited by Wei Li, Sicheng Shao and

Junfeng Su

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 597 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; solid waste treatment; biological metabolism; carbon reduction; refractory wastewater

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Extremophilic Plants and Microorganisms in Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Aleksandra Koźmińska

and Mohamad Al Hassan

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 592 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; metallophytes; soil desalinization; halophytes; carbon sequestration; bioremediation; bioinoculants; biofuels; bioenergy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Advanced Machine Learning and AI Techniques for Winter Weather Traffic Modelling in Cold Region Highways

edited by

Hyuk Jae Roh

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 588 | Submission Open

Keywords: winter weather traffic modeling; cold region highways; machine learning; artificial intelligence; predictive modeling; traffic flow prediction; real-time traffic management; snowstorm traffic management; icy road conditions; weather-integrated traffic data; traffic safety; accident reduction; AI-based traffic solutions; comparative analysis of machine learning techniques; winter traffic management policy; smart transportation systems; intelligent transportation systems (ITS); road safety in winter conditions; big data in traffic management; climate impact on traffic systems; winter highway closure and reopen; vulnerability index development with traffic reduction; traffic reduction contour map development in network scale; weather data augmentation under scarcity of snowfall and severe cold temperature

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Exploring the Innovative Approaches and Advanced Practices to Sustainable Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

edited by

Waleed Al-Marzooqi

and

Hani El-Zaiat

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 527 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; precision farming; animal welfare; climate change mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Risk and Safety Management of Complex Industrial Systems

edited by

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submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 518 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex industrial systems; risk management; safety management; complex science and engineering; models; methods; and technologies of risk and safety management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Sustainable Management and Economic Development of Natural Resources

edited by Farhed A. Shah and Yuan Niu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 516 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; fisheries; forests; climate change; sustainable management; economic efficiency; intergenerational equity; watershed management; natural resource economics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Green Product Development

edited by

Yuyan Wang

,

T. C. Edwin Cheng

and Wei Li

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 481 | Submission Open

Keywords: green supply chain management; e-commerce; sustainable supply chain; closed-loop supply chain; low-carbon supply chain; eco-friendly product design; innovation for green products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Innovation Management and Organizational Performance for Sustainable Future—2nd Edition

edited by

Alina Badulescu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: green innovation; sustainable innovation; sustainable performance; innovation management; economic; social; and envionmental performance; sustainable development; challenges in sustainable development; technologies for innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Poultry Farming Practices: Innovations and Challenges

edited by Irenilza De Alencar Nääs and

Nilsa Duarte Da Silva Lima

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 457 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable poultry production; sustainable poultry housing; livestock

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Digital Transformation and Open Innovation for Business Ecosystems

edited by

Yuki Inoue

and Naoshi Uchihira

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open

Keywords: business ecosystems; platform ecosystems; innovation ecosystems; digital transformation; open innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Biodiversity, Conservation Biology and Sustainability

edited by

Francesco Sottile

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; ecosystems; conservation; valorization; ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation)

Protection and Utilization of Black Soil for Sustainable Highway Engineering

edited by

Chuang Lin

, Jinzhi Wang, Zhongshi Pei and

Miao Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open

Keywords: black soil; highway engineering; sustainable development; carbon peak and neutrality; resource conservation; and environmental protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Nature-Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment and Polluted/Degraded Ecosystem Restoration

edited by Eugenia J. Olguín,

Gloria Sánchez-Galván

and

Francisco Gabriel Acién Fernández

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 368 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based-solutions; wastewater treatment; phytoremediation; phycoremediation; ecosystem services; ecosystem restoration; pollution mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Innovative Industrial Policies for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by Xiaohong Wang and Shaopeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 361 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable industrial growth; green technologies; digital transformation; innovative industrial policies; cross-sectoral collaboration innovation; sustainable industrial policy; green supply chain management; digital transformation; circular economy; sustainable digitization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Sustainability Marketing: A Focus on Food, MARTECH, and Consumer Behavior

edited by

Soniya Billore

, Tomio Kobayashi and

Ou Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: MARTECH; consumer behavior; sustainable consumption; food loss and wastage; transformatory behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Governance Development and Strategy

edited by Yong Qi, Yangao Xiao and Yuting Deng

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable governance; intellectual property; corporate sustainability strategies; digital economy; sustainable industrialization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Tackling Energy Poverty and Vulnerability through Energy Efficiency

edited by

Oikonomou Vlasios

and

Wolfgang Eichhammer

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy poverty; vulnerability; energy efficiency; heating decarbonization; inclusivity; energy access; affordability; household energy demand; transport poverty; micro-enterprises

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Innovation and Sustainability in Urban Planning and Governance

edited by

Charles Chang-Yu Hong

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban governance; arts and humanities in city governance; tourism governance; urban theory; urban sociology; urban network; water governance; resident perceptions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Remote Sensing in Landscape Quality Assessment

edited by

Peng Wang

, Ying Zhang and Xiaoyi Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; landscape quality assessment; landscape monitoring; change detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Sustainable Organizational Adaptation: Nurturing Ecosystems for Innovation and Resilience

edited by Okechukwu Lawerence Emeagwali

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation ecosystems; ecosystem innovation; ecosystem management; business ecosystems; innovation ecosystem management; strategic adaptability; sustainable adaptation; complex adaptive systems; organizational resilience; open innovation; value networks; absorptive capacity; co-innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Challenges and Future Trends of Sustainable Urban Development and Transition

edited by Xuepeng Qian,

Ji Han

and

Liang Peng

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability goals; urban planning; transport innovation; resource management; urban ecosystems; urban governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Education for Sustainable Development and Contributions from Education to Sustainable Development

edited by

Francisco Javier Robles Moral

,

Enrique Ayuso Fernández

and

Marina Martínez-Carmona

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; biodiversity; sustainable development goals (SDGs); science education; education; artificial intelligence (AI); climate change; scientific-critical thinking; scientific creativity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Climate-Responsive Architecture and Urban Form: Adapting Buildings and Infrastructures to Environmental Challenges

edited by Ana Carolina Badalotti Passuello and

Eva Crespo Sánchez

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate adaptation; climate resilience; low carbon buildings; urban infrastructures; retrofit; circularity; waste; water; energy; vulnerability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

Sustainability of Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils

edited by

Jorge Costa

and

Ana Luisa Fernando

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; ecosystem services; contaminated soils; ecological management; sustainable soil management; valorisation of contaminated biomass; environmental impact assessment; socio-economic impacts; contaminants

Application of Data-Driven in Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain

edited by

Wen Jiang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable logistic; sustainable inventory management; logistics route optimization; data-driven technology; operation management and optimization; sustainable supply chain; supply chain coordination; sustainable supply chain network design; supply chain visualization; carbon emission reduction strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Recent Advances in Smart Grids for a Sustainable Energy System

edited by