The Global Conversation on Sustainability

Global Goals and Global Sustainability

On 25 September 2015, the United Nations (UN) member countries adopted an ambitious 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aiming to 'transform the world' in the next 15 years. [...].

Global environmental health: sustainability.

edi tor 's note : NEHA strives to provide up-to-date and relevant in­ formation on environmental health and to build partnerships in the profes­ sion. In pursuit of these goals, we feature a column from the Environmental Health Services Branch (EHSB) of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre­ vention (CDC) in every issue of the Journal. In this column, EHSB and guest authors from across CDC wi...

Benefits of Global Sustainability

An increasing number of companies are rapidly adopting sustainability techniques. Sustainability is defined as lowering the environmental impacts of economic activity and buildings to a level which allows the indefinite maintenance of a given production level and lifestyle. Sustainable practices can also increate the quality of life. The implementation of sustainability practices requires the c...

Human Footprints on the Global Environment: Threats to Sustainability

Measuring the Sustainability of Global Supply Chains

Researchers and practitioners alike have become increasingly interested in the environmental performance of global supply chains. Does improving the environmental performance of a single link of a supply chain improve the entire chain’s sustainability — that is, economic, social, and environmental outcomes? Answering this question is impossible without a way to measure performance, and this pap...