The lack of access to water and sanitation services (WSS) of a considerable share of the
world population has been challenging the international community for decades. The …

Thirty years ago, the UN report Our Common Future placed sustainable development firmly
on the international agenda. The Imperatives of Sustainable Development takes the ethical …

This article explores the role of sustainability reporting and governance in achieving national
sustainable development goals. Sustainable development goals focus on economic …

The number of books and papers bearing the terms 'sustainable development'and
'governance'in their titles has grown exponentially in the last decade or so. The main …

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which were adopted by the United Nations
in September 2015 are universally applicable in all 193 UN Member States and connect the …

Sustainable development is about the redirection of development (WCED, 1987). It is not
about an identifiable end state (Kemp et al., 2005; Meadowcroft, 1999; Meadowcroft et al …

Notions of 'progress' pervade the modern world. Yet,'north'and 'south'alike, policymaking for
progress in innovation, sustainability and development tends to be ambiguous. Politicians …

Hydrogen produced from renewable energy is being promoted to decarbonise global
energy systems. To support this energy transition, standards, certification, and labelling …

This article sketches a re-conceptualization of sustainable development (SD) on the basis of
Sen's capability approach (CA). The notion of sustainable development was developed as a …

This paper aims to provide a new approach to objectively assess hierarchies and priority
setting in the relationship between environmental, social and economic sustainability within …