Sustainability

Innovation and Digitalization: Sustainable Practices in Business, Economics and Society

edited by Plamena Zlateva,

and Pavel Stoynov

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1275 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable economy; AI; sustainable management; technologies; technological development; innovations

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

Digital Technologies for Sustainable Business and the Green Economy

edited by

Emilia Herman

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1209 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital technologies; sustainable business; green economy; digital innovation; circular economy; Industry 4.0; SDGs

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

Resilient Supply Chains in the Digital Age: Strategic Approaches to Operational Sustainability

edited by

Lhoussaine Alla

, Aziz Hmioui,

Badr Bentalha

and

El Habib Nfaoui

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 1203 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain resilience; digital transformation; operational sustainability; strategic management; supply chain disruption; digital supply chain; supply chain optimization; industry 4.0; logistics innovation; sustainability paradigm

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

Sustainable Business Practices and Global Innovation Management in Emerging Markets

edited by

Esi A. Elliot

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1134 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; business practices; global innovation; management; emerging markets

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

Application of the Big Data and Data Analytics Techniques in Sustainable Supply Chain

edited by

Irina Neaga

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1108 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data; data analytics; machine learning; artificial intelligence; sustainable supply chains; circular economy; Industry 4.0 and 5.0; simulation, modeling and digital twins

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

Environmental Assessment of Noise Pollution Under Sustainable Development

edited by Paulo Henrique Trombetta Zannin and

Margret Sibylle Engel

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1061 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; noise pollution; sustainable acoustics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability)

Risk Management for Sustainability and Wellbeing: Governance, Measurement, and Decision-Making in Organizations

edited by

Simon Grima

,

Eleftherios Thalassinos

and

Inna Romānova

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1054 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk management and measurement; governance and accountability; digitalisation, innovation, and emerging risks; sectoral and policy perspectives; behavioural and decision-making dimensions

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

Diversified Cropping for Sustainable Soil Fertility and Efficient Crop Production

edited by

Shenzhong Tian

and Hao Ying

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1012 | Submission Open

Keywords: diversified cropping; soil fertility sustainability; efficient crop production; soil health; crop-soil interaction; cropping pattern optimization; nutrient management in crop-soil systems; sustainable agriculture; efficient resource utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Energy Transformation: Consumer Behavior, Smart Technologies, and Regulatory Challenges

edited by Katarzyna Bilińska, Marzena Czarnecka and Borys Budka

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1008 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; energy transformation; consumer behavior; renewable energy; prosumers; smart metering; artificial intelligence; cybersecurity; energy policy; SMEs; consumer protection; energy market; energy regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

AI and Sustainable Economic Development: The Long Tail Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Threats to the Rest of Us

edited by

Meir Russ

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 972 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable economic development; entrepreneurship; long tail economy; artificial intelligence (AI); digital inclusion; technological empowerment; inclusive innovation; sustainable economy development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Development and Management of Hospitality: New Methods, Strategies, and Technologies

edited by

Tanja Planinc

and Sonja Sibila Lebe

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 954 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable hospitality management; sustainable business model innovation; sustainability measurement and metrics; CSR and governance in hospitality; resource efficiency in hospitality

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

Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition for Sustainable Cropping Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Daniel Menezes-Blackburn

, Bingjie Jin and

Dong-Xing Guan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 941 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Optimization for Energy and Environmental Systems Engineering

edited by

Jin-Wei Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 933 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable optimization; energy and environmental management; system engineering; digitalized economy; Industry 4.0 vs. Society 5.0; zero-emission technologies; renewable energy sources and technologies; emerging technologies; public acceptance; policy issues

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

Comprehensive Application of Concrete for Sustainability in Construction and Green Building

edited by

Hyunjin Ju

and Sun-Jin Han

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 891 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete; composite materials; structural analysis; durability; mechanical behavior; finite element analysis; nonlinear analysis; civil engineering; green building; sustainable construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Economic Resilience and Development Opportunities Amidst Climate Crisis

edited by

Fengyi Lin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 842 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resilience; sustainable innovation; ESG

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

Artificial Intelligence for a Sustainable Future: Opportunities, Challenges, and Governance

edited by

Vasiliki Vrana

, Tsimpiris Alkiviadis and

Subhankar Das

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 763 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; sustainable development; SDGs; environmental sustainability; climate change; sustainable cities; social sustainability

Sustainable Urban Development and Smart Transportation Systems Planning

edited by

Marjan Lep

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 708 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban development; smart transportation; urban mobility; digitalization; data-driven planning; accessibility; intelligent transport systems; system efficiency; technological advancements; technology-driven innovation

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

Sustainable Project Management and Smart Infrastructure Development

edited by

Indra Gunawan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 686 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable project management; smart infrastructure; digital transformation; AI integration; industry 4.0

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

Selected Papers from the European Biomass Conference and Exhibition: EUBCE 2025 and EUBCE 2026

edited by David Baxter,

Kyriakos Maniatis

and

Solange I. Mussatto

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 660 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass feedstocks; agricultural residues; energy crops; short rotation crops; forest residues; organic waste; bioenergy; biofuels; energy carriers; biorefineries; thermochemical conversion; biochemical conversion; bioeconomy; biochemicals; biomaterials; circular economy; integrated approaches; sustainability; climate change; life cycle analysis; environmental sustainability; environmental impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Marketing for Sustainable Tourism Development

edited by

Jonathon Day

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 610 | Submission Open

Keywords: identification of “ideal” target markets for destinations; sustainable destination branding; marketing to achieve sustainable tourism goals; social media and sustainable tourism; destination development and placemaking for sustainability; supply chain management for sustainable tourism; internal marketing for sustainable destinations; experience design and sustainable tourism

Materials for a Sustainable World: Gas Sorption, Energy Storage, and Green Chemical Transformations

edited by

Ivana Mitar

and

Zhejian Cao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 610 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; clean energy; gas sorption; energy storage; green chemistry; green chemical transformations; nanomaterials; recyclability of materials; life-cycle assessments (LCA); carbon dioxide capture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Innovative Building Envelope Solutions for Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Buildings

edited by Aleksejs Prozuments

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 598 | Submission Open

Keywords: building envelopes; building energy efficiency; smart building materials; indoor environmental quality; building performance simulation; life cycle analysis; climate-responsive design; green building technologies

Emerging Internet of Things and Blockchain Technologies for Sustainable Smart Cities

edited by

Khalid El Makkaoui

and

Ibrahim Ouahbi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 548 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable smart cities; internet of things (IoT); distributed ledger technology (DLT); blockchain; IOTA Tangle; artificial intelligence (AI); security and privacy; urban resilience; circular economy

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

Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management

edited by Zinnia Mukherjee

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 538 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental economics; natural resource economics and management; environmental policy; sustainable development

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

Eco-Friendly Living and Sustainable Consumption: Innovations, Challenges, and Practices

edited by

Chunmin Lang

and

Sukyung Seo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 526 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-friendly living; sustainable consumption; green consumer behavior; circular economy; sustainable lifestyles; waste reduction and resource efficiency; sustainable business models; climate change mitigation; life cycle assessment; eco-innovation

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

Sustainability Assessment and Decision Support for Circular Waste and Resource Systems

edited by

Chun-Hsu Lin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 518 | Submission Open

Keywords: assessment metrics; sustainability; circular economy; net-zero emissions

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

Advanced Research on Urban Design and Microclimates

edited by

Lingye Yao

, Lihua Zhao,

Zhidian Jiang

and Qianlong Qi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 505 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban microclimate; sustainable urban design; climate resilience; thermal comfort; nature-based solutions; urban green and blue infrastructures; carbon neutrality; urban heat island

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

Improving Wind Energy Systems: The Role of Computational and Experimental Capability in Sustainable Development

edited by

Samah Ben Ayed

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 496 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics ; wind systems ; experimental testing ; wind turbine resilience ; performance assessment ; data analysis

Soil Health and Sustainable Society

edited by

Xuefeng Hu

and Lijun Yan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; heavy metals; organic pollutants; sustainable agriculture; waste recycles; healthy soil; soil remediation; food safety; pollutant monitoring; soil environment

Sustainable Power Systems: Energy Storage, Renewable Integration, and Smart Grid Technologies

edited by Rafael Peña Alzola and

José Luis Monroy-Morales

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 402 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; sustainable power systems; renewable energy integration; sustainable technologies; power electronic converters; smart grids and microgrids; energy storage systems; digital control and optimization; low-carbon energy transition; power quality and reliability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

The Water–Energy–Waste Nexus for Sustainable Development

edited by

Nicolás Velázquez Limón

,

Ricardo López Zavala

,

Mydory Oyuky Nakasima-López

and

Sukey Sayonara Nakasima López

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 397 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; water; energy; waste; circular economy; technology; processes; renewable energy

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

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Transitions: Ecosystems, Communities, and Cultural Dynamics

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 374 | Submission Open

Keywords: entrepreneurial ecosystems; sustainability transitions; circular economy; eco-design; social innovation; sustainability

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

Sustainable Monitoring Systems for Optimizing Building Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality

edited by

Dorota Anna Krawczyk

and

Vincenzo Ballerini

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 374 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy efficiency; indoor air quality (IAQ); thermal comfort; smart monitoring systems; HVAC; heat pumps; decarbonization; Internet of Things (IoT); microcontrollers; predictive control and automation; sustainable building design; data-driven building management; predictive models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Operational Excellence and the Next Steps: Integrating Digitalization and Sustainability for the Future

edited by

Olivia McDermott

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; Lean Six Sigma; operational excellence; Lean-Green; Lean-Sustainability; Design for Lean Six Sigma; Design for Lean-Green; circular economy; sustainability; Operational Excellence 4.0; Circular Economy 4.0; Design for Lean-Sustainability; Quality 4.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Toward a Resilient and Sustainable Urban Power Grid: Challenges and AI-Driven Solutions

edited by Chao Qin,

Bei Peng

, Chao Long and

Xiaolong Jin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; urban power grids; AI; preparation; restoration; situational awareness; extreme events

Sustainable Materials Management in the Circular Economy: Metrics, Evidence, and Results

edited by

Henning Friege

and Anne Scheinberg

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 364 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainable materials management; circular business models; evidence-based best-practice circularity; waste legislation; regulatory framework for circularity

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

Advancing Sustainable Energy Systems: Enhancing Efficiency and Reducing Costs of Renewable Power

edited by

Quetzalcoatl Hernández-Escobedo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind energy; photovoltaic energy; thermal energy; hydro energy; hydrogen; techno-economic analysis; levelized cost of energy

Perspectives from the Food–Energy–Water Nexus for Sustainable Natural Ecosystem Development

edited by

Phoebe Koundouri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open

Keywords: Food–Energy–Water–Ecosystem (FEWE) nexus; integrated assessment modeling; dynamic and multi-objective optimization; system dynamics and network analysis; sustainable system transformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Digital Transformation for Resilience and Sustainability in Small and Medium Enterprises

edited by

Marjeta Marolt

and

Doroteja Vidmar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 346 | Submission Open

Keywords: SMEs; digital transformation; resilience; sustainability; adaptive capabilities; digital technologies; sustainable business models; data-driven innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Big Data Applications in Decision-Making and Business Management in the Era of Business Intelligence

edited by

Aleksandra Revina

and

Rizun Nina

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data analytics; business intelligence; decision support systems; sustainable business management; process and organizational complexity; data-driven decision making; digital sustainability; responsible AI; ESG analytics

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

Biotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment and Environmental Remediation

edited by Ana Isabel Díaz

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; environmental remediation; bioremediation; microbial biotechnology; phytoremediation; biosorption; emerging contaminants; resource recovery; sustainable technologies

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

Sustainability at the Intersection of Environmental Quality, Circular Economy and Bio-Waste Valorization: Consumer Behavior and Regional Resilience to Climate Change

edited by

Zlatka Knezovic

and

Mladenka Šarolić

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; bio-waste valorization; circular economy; environmental burdens

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

Towards Sustainability: Advanced Research on Precision Agriculture and Smart Farming

edited by

Paola D'Antonio

and

Luis Conceição

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; digital agriculture; agricultural sustainability; technology integration; smart agriculture; resource optimization; agricultural digital transformation; ecological agriculture; crop sensors; precision livestock farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainable Transportation Engineering and the Road Safety

edited by

Jiangbi Hu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation engineering; road safety; infrastructure resilience; vulnerable road users; human factor; highway operation and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology for Sustainable Groundwater Resource Management

edited by Dong-Hun Kim

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; microbial ecology; bioremediation; aquifer; sustainable water management; contaminant attenuation; biotechnology; subsurface environment

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

AI and Smart Technologies for Sustainable Supply Chain Design and Operations

edited by

Yong Won Seo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart technologies; sustainable supply chains; supply chain design; supply chain operation; AI transformation; data-driven decision making; business analytics; Industry 4.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Advanced Technologies and Applications for Renewable Energy Integration, Distributed Generation, and Modern Power Systems

edited by

Yang Han

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon neutrality; sustainable energy systems; renewable energy; grid integration; intelligent power systems; energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Bridging Renewable Supply and Energy Demand: Advanced Thermal Energy Storage for a Carbon-Neutral Future

edited by Yunren Sui and

Wei Wu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal energy storage; renewable energy; energy storage materials; AI optimization; energy storage efficiency; energy storage density; carbon neutrality; Carnot battery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Business Models for a Circular Economy

edited by

Qingxiang Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainable business models; business model innovation; value creation; circular supply chains; product–service systems; digitalization; industrial symbiosis; sustainability transitions; policy and governance

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

Hydrological Modelling and Climate Change Impacts on the Agricultural Sustainability

edited by

Carlos Bautista-Capetillo

, Miguel Servín-Palestina and

Cruz Octavio-Robles Rovelo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modelling; climate change; agricultural sustainability; irrigation; drought; water use efficiency; crop water requirements; remote sensing; uncertainty analysis; adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

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