Industries can contribute for sustainable development by using cleaner and more efficient technologies. In view of that, to satisfactorily evaluate their processes performance, sustainability indicators turn out to be a crucial point. The present work has as its main objective providing a...

A case-based approach is presented to analyse a Universal NGO's framework in introducing new innovations related to its sustainability programme. The Universal NGO examined has a unique approach to sustainability wherein partnerships with local NGOs are formed to implement programmatic...

This paper examines the progress made towards forging a Sustainable Development Strategy of the European Union on the basis of three structures of the global economy: Trade, Investment and Knowledge Generation. It identifies deficits in all three, and cites alternatives for improvement such as...

Bruntland Commission's report led to popularisation of notion of sustainability and a boom in the development of sustainable development indicators (SDIs). Numerous efforts have been made worldwide in constructing SDIs at global, national, and local scales, but India has been lacking in such...

Much concern has been generated in recent times regarding the pivotal role played by multinational enterprises in determining the environmental implications of continuing economic globalisation. Yet, although some commentators have cast multinationals as an enemy of sustainable development,...

This conceptual paper examines the need for deliberative public decision making to create a sustainable society, and the potential for social learning and public decision making in the online collective intelligence. Concepts and evidence are synthesised from studies of sustainability,...

The energy demand in building sectors for summer air-conditioning is growing exponentially due to global warming, increased living standards and occupant comfort demands throughout the last decades. Concerns over these environmental changes have begun shifting the emphasis from current cooling...

High-speed rail (HSR) is becoming commonplace throughout the world. Previous attempts to develop HSR in Australia have been unsuccessful. This article applies scenario-based planning to the introduction of HSR so as to achieve more sustainable intercity mobility along Australia's eastern...

Sustainable development represents a major governance challenge of the 21st century. If societal development trajectories are to be realigned on to more sustainable pathways major changes will be required to existing processes and practices of governance. This essay considers the nature of these...

This paper engages with sustainability in higher education, based on working in transformative education with undergraduate engineers and in academic staff development at several Australian universities. It argues that we need to replace 'growth' as our guiding metaphor, with alternatives such...