This article sets out to examine the perceptions regarding the sustainability of organizations within the Nelson Mandela Bay region in South Africa. The integration of economic, social and environmental performance seems to be an obstacle to many organizations. Not many organizations pursue a sustainability agenda full-on and lack a vision of sustainability, thus needing appropriate change stra...

The concept of Supply Chain Management (SCM) embraced the concern for environmental degradation and social responsibility in business management. This inclusiveness of ideas to SCM is being deliberated by the researchers as Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM). The research paper employs integrative literature review approach to review, assess critically, and synthesize representative lit...

The existing literatures onsustainable development in software engineering havemoved towards new paradigms of research and it is claimed as still immature in the sustainable development community.However, the sustainability study in software engineering is a new research field and has received a noteworthy attention lately in the year 2010. Therefore, this paper aimed to contribute a Systematic...

Sustainability of innovations reflects not only the economic aspect, but also the social and environmental concerns embedded on innovation, whilst dynamic capability indicates the sources of knowledge to achieve that sustainability. Hence, this paper places an emphasis on innovation as the means to add not only economic value, but also to the environment and society and also in capabilities tha...

Purpose – The study aims to propose a methodology with systematic metrics for logistics service providers (LSPs) to develop their environmental sustainability performance in the context of green supply chain management. Design/methodology/approach – An integrated analytical approach which combines Analytical Network Process (ANP) with Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is proposed to develop LSP...

a r t i c l e i n f o One issue with air transportation and sustainability is that although aviation could be considered economically and socially sustainable, it does generate environmental concerns. The aim of this paper is to examine public attitudes towards air transportation and sustainability, in order to determine how individuals value sustainability in relation to air travel. This empir...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have made significant contributions to business innovation and wealth generation for organisations, societies and nations. ICT have also made significant contributions to environmental degradation. Confronted by the necessity to respond to growing environmental concerns in society, regulatory imperatives and market pressure, many business leaders...

Science and practice highlight the relevance of employing sustainability practices in consumption and production. A sustainable change requires the participation of society as well as companies and organizations. In addition, companies have to rethink their classical businesses and consider innovations for acting in an ecological, economic, and social way by enhancing and adapting their busines...

In this paper we intend to demonstrate the need for extending the notion of quality from the physical domain to information and, more comprehensively, to sustainability. In physical metrology there are well established principles such as fundamental units, precision, accuracy, traceability and uncertainty. In order to understand and define quality for information and sustainability we need to d...

One of the most challenging problems on modern urban planning and one of the goals to be solved for smart city design is that of urban waste disposal. Given urban population growth, and that the amount of waste generated by each of us citizens is also growing, the total amount of waste to be collected and treated is growing dramatically (EPA 2011), becoming one sensitive issue for local governm...