Special Issue "Safety Role and Contribution to Industrial Sustainability"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Filippo Marciano
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Guest Editor
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
Interests: occupational health and safety; ergonomics; social sustainability; energy and environmental management; industry 4.0; systematic review; multi-criteria decision making
Dr. Paola Cocca
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Guest Editor
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
Interests: performance measurement; occupational health and safety; energy and environmental management; enterprise resource planning; industry 4.0
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Dr. Elena Stefana
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Guest Editor
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
Interests: occupational safety and health; process safety; risk assessment; confined space; oxygen deficiency; ergonomics; machine learning; meta-learning

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Over the last few years, many leading companies have started considering sustainability as a key part of their business strategy. Although the three dimensions of sustainability—economic, environmental, and social—should be considered in an integrated way, companies tend to approach each aspect separately. The focus on a single aspect of sustainability can lead to unintended negative impacts on the other aspects or create conflicts between goals. In addition, so far, the issues included in the social sphere of sustainability, and particularly Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), have been disregarded and often left out of current sustainability discussions (OSHA, 2016). However, workers’ safety, health, and well-being are essential elements of any sustainability effort.

The objective of this Special Issue is to contribute to sustainable development by promoting research investigating the potential contribution of Occupational Safety and Health to industrial sustainability, with respect to each of its three dimensions (economic, environmental, social).

This Special Issue will invite original papers (methodological, conceptual, empirical, case studies, systematic literature reviews) dealing with but not limited to the following topics:

  • Contribution of Occupational Safety and Health to the three dimensions of sustainability;
  • Occupational Safety and Health in sustainability reporting;
  • Occupational Safety and Health in sustainability standards and certification;
  • Maturity of Occupational Safety and Health management systems;
  • Safety performance measurement, reporting, and benchmarking;
  • Occupational Safety and Health as part of business sustainability strategy;
  • Impact of Industry 4.0 on Occupational Safety and Health;
  • Impact of emerging trends (e.g., aging workforce) on workers’ safety and health;
  • Impact of workplace safety culture on companies’ sustainability;
  • Safety and sustainability goals alignment;
  • Design for OSH and sustainability;
  • Sustainable safety 4.0 and 5.0;
  • Decision-support methods and tools for safety improvement.

Dr. Filippo Marciano
Dr. Paola Cocca
Dr. Elena Stefana
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • occupational safety and health
  • OSH
  • industrial sustainability
  • industry 4.0
  • performance measurement
  • safety culture
  • sustainability strategy
  • social sustainability
  • sustainable development

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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