Introduction: Sustainability constitutes an essential element in corporate contexts by now. Corporate sustainability may be addressed differently, either selectively or integrated. The holistic approach opted for primarily focuses on conveying aspects of corporate sustainability across different...

The integration of conservation and development (ICD) in the early 1980s heralded a new era in conservation practice. If the dual objectives could be served simultaneously, then ICD represented a panacea for global conservation. Conjecture and uncertainty of the merits of the approach prevail,...

The ubiquitous drive towards a more sustainable future has resulted in major changes in the planning anddesign of urban environments. Government strategies on sustainable development, published in 1999and 2005, are thought to be driving the development of new legislations that are aimed at...

Current economic and social systems transgress several ecological planetary boundaries by far but without sufficiently fulfilling human needs and this in a globally unequal way, posing enormous challenges to political strategies and economic structures. To tackle these challenges, under a...

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Das Thema Lebensmittelabfälle (Lebensmittelverluste, Lebensmittelverschwendung) ist in den vergangenen Jahren zunehmend sowohl in den Fokus der Öffentlichkeit als auch der Forschung gerückt. Während eine Vielzahl an Studien Empfehlungen für die Implementierung von Maßnahmen ausspricht,...

As part of the CITI4GREEN project, this contribution analyzes the public interventions contained in Re-START “Territorial Resilience of the Central Apennines Earthquake Reconstruction” assessing their impacts on the sustainability guidelines posed by the United Nations through the...

The smart and sustainable cities concept has become a globally hot topic during the last few decades, particularly following the catastrophic impacts of global climate change. The assessment of smart and sustainable cities, however, is a major challenge due to complex, complicated, and chaotic...

Despite the growing literature on sustainability assessment in the urban context, the resulting approaches and methods utilise several differing theoretical frameworks and lack a unifying vision and modus operandi. Innumerable tools and instruments have been developed for particular purposes and...

In recent years, bioeconomy strategies have been implemented and adapted internationally. In the bioeconomy, materials are to a certain extent circular by nature. However, biomaterials may also be used in a rather linear way. Lately, a transition towards a circular economy, a more restorative...