Sustainability, Volume 17, Issue 20

This article addresses the contemporary and highly relevant research area of business sustainability, which attracts the attention of both scholars and management practitioners. Although the social dimension of sustainability is gaining increasing im...

In recent years, telework (TW) has been seen as a feasible and flexible alternative to deal with global and market risks; however, companies’ lack of vision and planning to implement it has generated the reality that TW, far from bringing advan...

The growing abundance of traffic data offers new opportunities to uncover dynamic traffic patterns in urban road networks, providing valuable insights for promoting sustainable mobility. By leveraging these data, road segments can be grouped into com...

The construction industry is responsible for a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, buildings have the potential to play a central role in climate change mitigation. It is also known that building projects are unique and complex...

This study constructs a comprehensive analytical framework for fire evacuation efficiency in high-rise buildings based on risk management theory, environment–behavior relationship theory, and stress-cognition theory. Through a systematic litera...

The adoption of robust fiscal policies is a critical pathway for China to control pollution, promote green development, and advance ecological civilization. This study examines the “Comprehensive Demonstration City of Energy Conservation and Em...

In the pursuit of sustainable economic development, fostering new-quality productivity (NQP) is both an inherent requirement and a strategic priority for advancing a green economy, while digital transformation has emerged as a pivotal driver in recon...

It has been recognized that Blockchain technology contributes to environmentally sustainable development goals (SDGs). It has emerged as a disruptive innovation capable of transforming various economic and social sectors significantly. This conceptua...

A precise understanding of the carbon dynamics of agricultural land use is essential for advancing China’s “dual carbon” goals and promoting sustainable rural development. Drawing on panel datasets for 31 Chinese provinces over the...

The construction industry is a major contributor to global resource consumption and waste. This sector extracts over two billion tons of raw materials each year and contributes over 30% of all solid waste generated annually through construction and d...

The demand for reliable Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) of asphalt mixtures is growing, particularly as they are increasingly used in public road construction tenders across Europe. However, the reliability and comparability of EPDs remain...

Minor Southern Italian population centers present a fragmented and uneven urban landscape, resulting from abandonment and depopulation phenomena that have led, especially in historic city centers, to urban voids scattered with rubble, buildings in a...

This study applies the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) to estimate the non-use value of Laojun Mountain National Park, a culturally and ecologically significant site within the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage region of northwestern Yunnan, Chi...

Urban greening is increasingly promoted as a means to achieve sustainable and inclusive development. However, it remains unclear whether the expansion of green infrastructure reduces spatial and socioeconomic inequalities or reinforces them. This stu...

The global transition toward carbon neutrality has accelerated the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), prompting the need for smarter infrastructure planning in urban environments. This study presents a novel framework that integrates machine learni...

Population mobility is increasingly crucial for regional development. However, current studies often neglect the impact of rapid digitalization. This study adopts a three-stage analytical framework derived from the Techno-Economic Paradigm across its...

Green innovation is a key driver for reshaping the economic development model and attaining sustainable development. Prior research has primarily concentrated on the consequences of digital transformation on the quantity of corporate green innovation...

Urban underground infrastructure is increasingly challenged by material aging, environmental degradation, and structural deterioration. In response, trenchless polymer grouting technologies employing sustainability-oriented two-component foaming poly...

This article investigates strategies for advancing sustainable learning among learners with visual impairments (LVIs) in historically disadvantaged schools in Lesotho, a low-income country. Despite global efforts to promote inclusive education, LVIs...

This study investigates flood risk trends using rainfall data collected from 13 districts of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey, with a focus on supporting sustainability-oriented climate adaptation. Both annual and seasonal precipitation variations we...

International building sustainability assessment tools (BSATs) offer a comprehensive framework for assessing environmental, economic, and social sustainability. However, these tools cannot fill the gap between their standards and the regional needs o...

Large-scale production systems (LSPS) operate under growing complexity driven by digital transformation, tighter environmental regulations, and the demand for resilient and resource-efficient operation. Conventional control strategies, particularly P...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) drive economic growth but face barriers in adopting AI for creative digital marketing, particularly in underserved U.S. markets. This study investigates an AI-driven unified advisory platform to enable strate...

Understanding vehicle acceleration behavior during intersection departures is critical for advancing traffic safety, sustainable mobility, and intelligent transport systems. This study presents a high-resolution kinematic analysis of 714 vehicle depa...

Coastal Bangladesh faces severe drinking water scarcity due to salinity intrusion. To address this challenge, the study assesses the socio-technical and economic factors shaping the performance of small-scale reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plants...

This paper researches the mobility behavior of employees in the Special Economic Zone in Niepołomice in Poland. The survey compares transportation behavior of factory and office workers before, during, and after COVID-19 pandemic. Workers’...

This research investigates the factors influencing organizational participation in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically examining the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) attributes and the moderating influence of stakeholder pressure....

This study explores how sustainability leadership and Green Human Resource Management (Green HRM) practices interplay to cultivate an environmentally responsible culture in organizations based in Jeddah. Through thematic analysis of participant inter...

Architectural education has increasingly engaged with the Circular Economy (CE); however, integration remains largely material-centric, emphasising life-cycle accounting, efficiency, and design for disassembly, while social, cultural, and governance...

The home-building industry is crucial to Thailand’s economic growth but unfortunately it is plagued by persistent sustainability problems stemming from fierce competition, cost fluctuations, and evolving consumer expectations. Therefore, this s...

Frequent water and mud inrush accidents during karst tunnel construction severely impact tunnel construction safety, environmental sustainability, and the long-term use of infrastructure. Therefore, conducting practical risk assessment for karst tunn...

Forest fires in Yanyuan County, a typical dry-hot valley region, pose serious threats to ecological security and public safety. Conventional fire warning methods rely heavily on manual surveys, making them time-consuming, labor-intensive, and prone t...

The extraction of geothermal energy is of great significance for sustainable energy development. The destruction of hard rock masses during geothermal well exploitation generates seismic waves that can compromise wellbore stability and operational su...

The increase in municipal solid waste (MSW) generation and its inefficient management have caused significant environmental impacts, particularly in developing countries such as Mexico. In the central region, final disposal in uncontrolled sites (UCS...

This study investigates the combined effect of wheat straw particle size and mixing ratio on the anaerobic co-digestion (ACD) of waste activated sludge under mesophilic conditions. Ten batch digesters were tested with varying straw-to-sludge ratios (...

Rice farming is a double-edged sword essential to humans as a staple food, yet it is also a source of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, a threat to human life. Adopting innovative technologies is one of the sustainable ways to maint...

Sustainable urban mobility is gaining importance as cities seek to address congestion and environmental concerns, with cycling infrastructure being an essential component of urban transportation systems. This study proposes a novel integrated, data-d...

This study investigates the interconnections among sustainability reporting, social performance, and firm value across the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). Employing a quantitative research design, the study utilizes fi...

The growing implementation of close-to-nature forestry practices in the management of northern forests, characterized by dispersed harvesting operations, has heightened the importance of minimizing damage to residual stands as a key aspect of sustain...

Amid escalating global climate change and the urgent international demand for low-carbon development, enhancing the greenization level of manufacturing industrial chains has emerged as a critical policy priority. This study investigates the impact of...

Several industrial applications rely on induction motors to carry out processes essential for product manufacturing. Speed control of an induction motor commonly requires a pulse width modulated inverter capable of driving a system with long cables,...

The paper investigates disparities in food waste generation across European Union countries between 2020 and 2022, focusing on spatial and sustainability dimensions. It utilizes data for six key food waste parameters and a broad range of environmenta...

Sustainable production also involves analyzing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions throughout the entire cultivation and processing cycle. The emissions balance for different sugar beet varieties is a key element of environmental assessment in sustainable...

The shipping industry remains heavily dependent on heavy fuel oils, which account for approximately 77% of fuel consumption and contribute significantly to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In line with the IMO’s decarbonization targets, ammonia...

The background of this study is grounded in the economic importance of Planococcus ficus (P. ficus) Signoret (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), commonly known as the vine mealybug, which is a major pest in vineyards across South Africa, the Mediterranean r...

To achieve a sustainable society that is resilient to climate change and natural disasters, it is essential that socioeconomic vulnerabilities are addressed. However, within poor countries, hotspots of vulnerabilities are difficult to identify, as fo...

As the scale of distributed resources continues to expand, decentralization and multi-agent characteristics bring significant challenges to low-carbon dispatching and market participation of power grids. To this end, this paper proposes a collaborati...

The Science and Technology Finance ecosystem plays an increasingly important role in shaping the sustainable development of new quality productive forces (NQPF). This study, based on the perspective of complex systems and using a multi-period fsQCA a...

The Problem- and Technology-Based Research (IBPT) approach constitutes an innovative pedagogical model designed for first-year university students, with the objective of strengthening research and technological competencies through the integration of...

The large-scale accumulation of iron tailings poses serious environmental challenges and represents a significant loss of potential resources. Due to the stable silicate mineral structure of iron tailings, essential nutrient elements remain encapsula...