SD/IS 2013 - International Workshop on Sustainable Development & Industrial Sustainability(SD/IS)

The need for sustainable development came as a response to growing concerns over how economic growth often was associated with environmental damage. The triple bottom line concept addresses the importance of integrating social and economic dimensions to sustainable development to achieve environmental progress. More recently, sustainable development has been suggested that a more consistent analytical breakdown is to distinguish four domains of economic, ecological, political and cultural sustainability. Although the idea of sustainable development has been widely accepted as a common wish, there is little guidance about its practical implementation.
Discussion of sustainable development occurs not only among world governments, academics and NGOs, but also in industry. By 2050, the global industrial system is targeted by international agreements and governments to double its output while only using 50% of current resources and generating 20% of current CO2. This represents a new industrial revolution, requiring new approaches which we term collectively Industrial Sustainability. Industrial sustainability now appears to be moving up the management agenda in lots of organizations. However, despite this increasing awareness, many challenges for academics and practitioners are still to be solved.
The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for exchanging and promoting ideas, experience and knowledge, as well as fostering collaborations. A special focus is to highlight the recent advances in all research directions of the field of SD/IS. The workshop will also bring researchers and practitioners together to obtain synergy between scientific developments and empirical experiences and needs.