Sustainability

Innovations for Sustainable Multimodality Transportation

edited by Jaouad Boukachour and Abdelhamid Benaini

submission deadline 16 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2938

Keywords: sustainability in multimodal transportation; challenges in achieving modal shift; reducing reliance on road transport; carbon footprint reduction and optimization; integration of transport modes under uncertainties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Pathways to Sustainable Transportation Systems: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Maria Papadakaki

, Georgia Tzamalouka and

Joannes Chliaoutakis

submission deadline 16 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 400

Keywords: sustainable transportation; mobility systems; green technologies; urban planning; smart cities; climate resilience; transportation equity; policy innovation; behavioral change; renewable energy integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Sustainable Ecosystem Services and Water Resources Management

edited by Dan Chen, Qiong Yue and Zhaohui Luo

submission deadline 18 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5415 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; water resources management; ecosystems; sustainability; water issues and solutions; NEXUS; ecological restoration

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

Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Forest Landscapes: Integrating Sustainable Management Practices

edited by Alin Emanuel Artene and Aura Emanuela Domil

submission deadline 18 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2084 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable business practices; ecosystem services; economic valuation; circular economy; sustainable development goals; climate change adaptation; green technology; corporate sustainability; sustainable management; economic resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Forestry)

Sustainable Manufacturing: Supply Chain and New Product Development

edited by Yousef Amer and

Sang-Heon Lee

submission deadline 19 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 368 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; circular economy; green supply chain management; digital transformation; industry 4.0; industry 5.0; lean and agile manufacturing; smart and sustainable manufacturing; artificial intelligence in sustainability; sustainable product design; life cycle assessment; renewable energy integration; sustainable logistics and transportation; quality assurance and predictive analytics; digital twins for sustainable systems

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

Sustainable Circular Economy in Industry 4.0

edited by

George Lazaroiu

and

Dan-Cristian Dabija

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 13970 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; Industry 4.0; sustainability practices; product and service digitalization; renewable energy and low-carbon technologies

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

Cutting-Edge Research in the Building Information Modelling (BIM) Application for Sustainable Construction

edited by

Sonia Lupica Spagnolo

and Alberto Pavan

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7974 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modelling (BIM); digital transformation; built environment; sustainable construction; data management; digital twins; digital building logbooks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Resource Management and Circular Economy Sustainability

edited by Sandra Pavón and

Tatiana Scarazzato

submission deadline 22 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6608 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycling; circular economy; sustainability; waste management; wastewater treatment; critical raw material recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)

Green Infrastructure Systems in the Context of Urban Resilience

edited by

Carlos José Lopes Balsas

submission deadline 22 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3548 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental ecosystem; urban revitalization; green infrastructure banking; green roofs; rain harvesting and gardens; stream daylighting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Development, Sustainable Policy, and Innovation: A Scholarly Inquiry into Corporate Brands and Investor Behavior

edited by

Ana Isabel Jiménez Zarco

,

Jun Wang

and Ling Lin

submission deadline 22 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 800 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable policy; innovation; investor behavior; corporate brands

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

Sustainability-Oriented Digital Transformation and Innovative Assessments in Higher Education

edited by Mirko Prosen and Sabina Ličen

submission deadline 24 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1165 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; sustainability in higher education; innovative assessments; artificial intelligence; virtual reality learning; sustainable development goals; inclusive learning environments; adaptive learning platforms; education for sustainable development; interdisciplinary educational practises

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

Enhancing Performance, Sustainability and Circularity of Waste Management Processes

edited by

Georgios Samiotis

and

Dimitrios Katsantonis

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; circular economy; waste management; waste valorization; resource recovery; pollution control; remediation processes; environmental footprint mitigation; carbon sequestration; monitoring and remote sensing

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

Conservation Tillage, Machinery and Sustainability in Agriculture Development

edited by

Shuhong Zhao

submission deadline 27 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 646 | Submission Open

Keywords: straw mulching; seedbed preparation; no and less tillage; subsoiling; stubble crushing; operating mechanism of agricultural machinery and equipment; energy consumption and sustainability; sustainability assessment and policies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

The Interplay of Energy Consumption and the Digital Economy in the Pursuit of a Low-Carbon Transition

edited by

Minzhe Du

and

Guanglai Zhang

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15100 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy consumption; digital economy; carbon neutrality; energy transformation; low-carbon economy; sustainable development; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Research and Application of Sustainable Water Management to Agricultural Development

edited by Qiang Li,

Vinayak S. Shedekar

and

Chunhao Gu

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5881 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quantity and quality; agricultural sustainability; nutrient transport; BMPs

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

Sustainable Solutions for Land Reclamation and Post-mining Land Uses

edited by

Francis F. Pavloudakis

,

Christos Roumpos

and

Philip-Mark Spanidis

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5057 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable environment and land management; land uses; eco-restoration; land reclamation– rehabilitation– repurposing; soil remediation; circular economy; sustainability in surface mines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)

Risk and Resilience in Sustainable Supply Chain Management

edited by

Juan Manuel Ramon Jeronimo

and

Raquel Flórez López

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1954 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain resilience; risk management strategies; sustainable supply chain management; operational disruptions

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

Advances in Economic Development and Business Management

edited by

Răzvan Cătalin Dobrea

and

Nicoleta Cristache

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 27 articles | Viewed by 94413 | Submission Open

Keywords: business management; e-business; digital transformation; sustainable development; entrepreneurship; innovation

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

Digitalization and Innovative Business Strategy

edited by

Chun-Liang Chen

,

Chih Kai Chen

and

Yao Chin Lin

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 59614 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative business strategy; value co-creation; digital service; e-commerce and cross-border e-commerce; digital platform service ecosystem; SMEs’ digital transformation; innovation; service innovation; sustainable service; service ecosystem innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Energy and Environment: Policy, Economics and Modeling

edited by

Abdul Rehman

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 52841 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy consumption; environmental sustainability; energy policy; environmental pollution; renewable energy; electrical energy; economic growth; economic modeling; clean energy; sustainable development; fossil fuels; energy efficiency improvements; energy transition; energy finance; carbon emission reduction; GHG emissions; wind energy; solar energy; thermal energy; nuclear energy; energy poverty

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advanced Agricultural Economy: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Edson Talamini

and Antonio Domingos Padula

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 42760 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural systems; biodiversity; bioenergy; sustainable agriculture; dematerialization; bioeconomy; ecological economics; agricultural economics; economic indicators; economic impact; poverty alleviation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Emerging IoT and Blockchain Technologies for Sustainability

edited by Abdelaziz Bouras and

Abdelhak Belhi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 42666 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT; blockchain; AI; decentralized applications; efficient security; supply chain sustainability; energy-efficient IoT/computing; smart transportation; smart agriculture

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

Challenges and Future Trends of Sustainable Environmental Education

edited by

Pasquale Onorato

and Marco Di Mauro

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 35420 | Submission Open

Keywords: science education; scientific literacy; climate change; environmental education; climate psychology; climate action; environmental economy; sustainable development; environmental law

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

Design and Management of Sustainable Products, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Yoshiki Shimomura

and

Shigeru Hosono

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 32706 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable product design; design for sustainability; product– service systems; manufacturing systems; servitization; smart technology and cyber-physical systems; socio-technical system design; sustainable system innovation; well-being

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

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management under Sustainable Development

edited by

Patricia P. Iglesias-Sánchez

and

Carmen Jambrino-Maldonado

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 32682 | Submission Open

Keywords: entrepreneurship; sustainability; innovation; startups

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

Advances in Engineering Education and Sustainable Development

edited by Anderson Sunda-Meya

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 32494 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering education; sustainable development; curriculum innovation; assessment methods; pedagogical innovation; sustainability integration; technology and sustainability; community engagement; global perspectives

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

AI-Driven Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Business Innovation

edited by

Radosław Wolniak

,

Judyta Kabus

and Anna Brzozowska

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 30837 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; business management; innovation in business; sustainable business practices; new technologies in business; digital transformation in business; customer experience in business; AI in business; ESG AI in business; entrepreneurship and AI; circular economy

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

Life Cycle Assessment in the Context of Climate Change: A Sustainable Development Perspective

edited by

Paula Quinteiro

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 29198 | Submission Open

Keywords: life cycle thinking tools; water footprint; carbon footprint; life cycle sustainability assessment; climate change; sustainable production and consumption; energy efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)

Sustainable Rural Development Practices and Results: Learnings and Results from Policies and Initiatives—2nd Edition

edited by

Francisco Navarro Valverde

,

Eugenio Cejudo García

and

Marilena Labianca

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 29191 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural depopulation; social innovation in rural areas; territorial quality marks of food; learnings from the implementation of the LEADER approach; multifunctionality of rural landscapes; successful and failed initiatives; rural governance; networks of actors in rural development; youth and gender perspectives; impacts and added value of rural development initiatives

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

Advancing Sustainable Cities and Urban Regions Development: New Challenges and Prospects

edited by

Qian Zhou

and Shihu Zhong

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 28461 | Submission Open

Keywords: regional economics; sustainable development; resilient city; technological innovation; spatiotemporal evolutionary

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

Sustainable Higher Education: Innovative Teaching and Learning, and Leadership for Creating Impacts on Local Society and Globally

edited by

Nada Trunk Širca

,

Anca Draghici

and

Karim Moustaghfir

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 27821 | Submission Open

Keywords: higher education; innovative teaching and learning; leadership; third mission of the university; inclusive society; internationalization; artificial intelligence and technology; sustainable development

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

Education for Sustainable Development: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Juan Carlos Mosquera Feijoo

,

Marcos García Alberti

and

Fernando Suárez Guerra

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 25784 | Submission Open

Keywords: educational innovation; transversal competences; socially oriented education; sustainability mind-shift; challenge-based learning; service learning; education for sustainable development (ESD); sustainable digitalization; sustainable development goals (SDGs); sustainability university rankings; circular economy; sustainable development indicators

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

Analytical Research on Consumer Behavior and Digital Marketing Connection for Facilitating Sustainable Marketing Effectiveness

edited by

Gheorghe Epuran

and

Radu Constantin Lixǎndroiu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 22042 | Submission Open

Keywords: consumer behaviour; digital marketing; loyalty; electronic engagement; neuromarketing; AI and Chat GPT; value co-creation; marketing efficiency; marketing ethics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Leadership and Strategic Management in SMEs

edited by

Senmao Xia

, Zhaoxing Wang, Peiyu He and

Yanguo Jing

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 21698 | Submission Open

Keywords: SME; sustainable leadership; strategic management; sustainability practices; regulatory impact; technological innovation; environmental impact

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

Sustainable Land Use and Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Lu Zhang

,

Bing Kuang

and

Bohan Yang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 20868 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use planning and management; land overexploitation; the harmony of the human– land system; sustainable development; big data; system simulation

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

Global Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Organizational Performance

edited by Ahmad K. Elshennawy and

Elizabeth Cudney

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18663 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain management; artificial intelligence; sustainability; sustainable implementation; supply chain 4.0; best practices; smart warehousing; organizational performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Health and Sustainable Lifestyle: Balancing Work and Well-Being

edited by Akira Tsuda, Taiyo Miyashita, Phongchai Jittamai and Yoshiyuki Tanaka

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16813 | Submission Open

Keywords: health; sustainable lifestyle; work– life balance; sustainable well-being; healthy organization; organizational culture; social problem solution; sustainable behavioral change; employee satisfaction

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

Digital Transformation of Supply Chain Innovation

edited by

Himanshu Shee

,

Omid Ameri Sianaki

and Tharaka De Vass

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 16492 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital supply chain management; supply chain innovation; sustainable operations; Industry 4.0; SCM 4.0; emerging technology adoption; circular economy

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

A Quantitative Analysis and Interdisciplinary Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Idiano D'Adamo

,

Massimo Gastaldi

and

Vincenzo Stornelli

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 14854 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); interdisciplinary analysis; quantitative methods; policy sustainable synergies; barriers to sustainability; sustainable inequalities; development strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Development Goals towards Sustainability)

Environmental and Economic Sustainability in Agri-Food System

edited by

Behnaz Saboori

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12921 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; food security; economic resilience; environmental protection; agri-food policies; circular economy; resource efficiency; sustainable food production; climate-smart agriculture; agri-food system innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Progress in Sustainable Smart Tourism: Planning, Developing, Management and Sustainability

edited by

Tsung Hung Lee

and

Fen-Hauh Jan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11416 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; augmented reality; mixed reality; smart tourism; smart tourism business; smart tourism destination; smart tourism experience; smart tourist; sustainable smart tourism; virtual reality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Food Security, Food Recovery, Food Quality, and Food Safety

edited by Preciosa J.C. Jesus da Costa Pires,

Fernando Mata

, Aloia Romaní and

Cleide Mara Faria Soares

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11001 | Submission Open

Keywords: food waste; active food ingredients; food production; nutritionally balanced food; bioprocesses; sustainable food systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Sustainable Rural Development Projects: Diversity and Opportunities from Principles of Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems

edited by Adolfo Cazorla Montero and

Ignacio De los Ríos Carmenado

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10063 | Submission Open

Keywords: planning; sustainable rural development; working with people; sustainable project management; project-based learning; responsible investment in agriculture and food systems

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

Open Innovation in Green Products and Performance Research

edited by

Iwona Zdonek

,

Beata Hysa

and Marzena Podgórska

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9440 | Submission Open

Keywords: open innovations; green products; circular economy; sustainable development; stakeholders’ engagement; sustainable behaviors; higher education activities in open innovations

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

Socially Sustainable Urban and Architectural Design

edited by

Reza Askarizad

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9101 | Submission Open

Keywords: socially sustainable built environment; social interaction in public spaces; urban morphology; space syntax; socio-spatial inequality; pedestrian behavior; wayfinding and spatial cognition; mental well-being; social sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Sustainable Marine Engineering and Efficient Marine Transportation of Energy

edited by

Luca Braidotti

and

Serena Bertagna

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8637 | Submission Open

Keywords: ship design; shipbuilding; waterborne energy transport; alternative fuels; marine renewable energy; life cycle assessment; emission reduction; regulatory frameworks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Energy Saving and Emission Reduction from Green Transportation

edited by

Wenbo Li

, Shanyong Wang, Xiu Cheng and

Jun Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7546 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy saving; emission reduction; green transportation; life cycle assessment; transportation electrification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Energy: Addressing Issues Related to Renewable Energy

edited by

Firoz Alam

,

Yingai Jin

, Hang Meng and Hao Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7506 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind; solar; hydro; bioenergy; geothermal; wave; clean hydrogen; conventional energy; power generation; energy storage; energy economics; energy security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Evolving Indigenous Nations and Communities: Sustainable Territories and Social Ecology in a Changing Geopolitical Context

edited by Aoife Bennett and Deborah Delgado Pugley

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7143 | Submission Open

Keywords: indigenous territories; geopolitics; external finance of indigenous economies; nature protection; recovery and restoration; land and forest management practices; new indigenous movements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)

The Sustainable Development of a Low-Carbon Economy in the Context of Climate Change

edited by

Chao Feng

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6567 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate policy; low-carbon economic development; green economy transition; carbon emission reduction; low-carbon energy; digital technology; green finance; climate risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air, Climate Change and Sustainability)

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