Sustainable marketing strategies, business models, and innovations.

Cross-cultural perspectives on responsible consumer behaviour and engagement.

Green branding, eco-labelling, and ethical consumption practices.

Digital transformation and technology-enabled sustainability marketing.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder engagement.

Circular economy and sustainable supply chain marketing.

Consumer activism, advocacy, and co-creation of sustainability initiatives.

Metrics, frameworks, and assessment tools for sustainability impact.

Policy implications and regulation shaping sustainable consumer engagement.

Emerging market dynamics and inclusion in sustainable marketing.

Green Supply Chain Management – Reducing environmental impacts across sourcing, production, and delivery.

Ethical Sourcing & Procurement – Ensuring materials are sourced responsibly and fairly.

Zero-Waste Operations & Closed-Loop Logistics – Designing processes where nothing goes to waste.

Circular Economy Indicators & Metrics – Tracking and measuring circularity performance.

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment - A holistic evaluation to compare options and reveal sustainability trade-offs.

ESG Governance in Supply Chains – Embedding environmental, social, and governance standards in supply networks.

ESG Integration in Investment Decisions – Incorporating environmental, social, and governance factors in portfolio management.

Green Bonds & Climate Finance – Funding projects with measurable environmental benefits.

Impact Measurement in Finance – Evaluating the social and environmental outcomes of investments.

Socially Responsible Banking – Embedding sustainability and ethical priorities in banking practices.

Regulatory Frameworks for Sustainable Investing – Policies and taxonomies guiding ethical and green finance.

Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainability — Building ventures to solve social and environmental issues.

Business Models for the Circular Economy —Designing businesses that minimize waste and maximize resource use.

Cooperative & Inclusive Business Models — Ensuring equal benefits for all stakeholders.

SDGs in Entrepreneurial Strategy — Aligning start-ups with UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Crisis-Driven Sustainable Innovation — Creating eco-friendly solutions in response to global challenges.

Curriculum Innovations for Sustainability – Embedding sustainability themes into learning programmes.

ESD Pedagogy – Teaching approaches that build sustainability mindsets.

Training of Trainers & Capacity Building Initiatives – Equipping educators and leaders with sustainability skills.

Digitalisation & E-learning for Sustainability – Using online learning to spread sustainable practice(s).

Community Engagement & Lifelong Learning – Involving citizens in ongoing sustainability education.

Green HR Practices & Policies – HR strategies that reduce environmental impact.

Workplace Diversity & Inclusion – Building fair and representative organizations.

Employee Well-being & Psychological Contracts – Supporting employee health, trust, and morale.

Ethical & Transformational Leadership – Leading with vision, values, and responsibility.

Workplace Spirituality & Green Leadership – Inspiring purpose and environmental stewardship at work.

Sustainable work practices in the age of AI and Gen AI.

Green Tech Solutions – Exploring how AI, IoT, blockchain, and edge computing can address environmental challenges such as pollution, emissions, and resource inefficiency.

Smart Resource Management – Technologies for optimizing energy, water, and material usage through predictive analytics, sensor networks, and intelligent automation.

Big Data & Analytics for Sustainability – Using environmental data to inform decisions in climate action, agriculture, biodiversity, and urban planning.

Digital Platforms for Circular Economy – Online tools and marketplaces that support reuse, recycling, remanufacturing, and sustainable supply chain collaboration.

Cybersecurity & Ethics in Green Tech – Ensuring secure and ethical deployment of digital sustainability solutions, including smart grids, IoT systems, and AI governance.

Industry 4.0/5.0 for Sustainability – Leveraging automation, robotics, human-centric innovation, and collaborative AI to create sustainable industrial ecosystems.

Immersive Technologies & XR – Using XR, e.g., virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR), for environmental education, low-carbon training, and virtual simulations of sustainable infrastructure.

Nature-Positive Digital Innovation – Digital tools for biodiversity monitoring, regenerative agriculture, and nature-based solutions powered by AI and satellite data.

ESG Data Platforms & Accountability – Technologies for transparent ESG reporting, supply chain tracing, compliance tracking, and blockchain-based verification of sustainability claims.

Smart Cities, Infrastructure & Life Cycle Sustainability – Virtual models of urban systems, digital twins, and life cycle analysis (LCA) for emissions forecasting, resource optimization, and sustainable design decision-making.

Life Cycle Analysis & Digital Sustainability Tools – Integration of LCA with big data, AI, and blockchain and other digital tools to measure, monitor, and reduce environmental impacts across the entire life cycle of products, processes, and services.

Global Regulatory Trends in Sustainability – Understanding changing international sustainability laws.

Corporate Governance & Risk Management – Ensuring companies remain compliant and future-ready.

Sustainable & Climate Finance Policy – Regulating green finance flows, climate risk disclosures, and transition instruments (e.g., ECB, SEBI, RBI policies).

ESG Reporting Frameworks & Financial Governance – ISSB, GRI, SASB, BRSR, and their institutional implications.

Green Bond Taxonomies & Disclosure Standards – Legal harmonisation of green finance rules.

Policy Design for Sustainability Transitions – Instruments, incentives, trade-offs.

Regulatory Innovations for Social Equity – Addressing justice, inclusion, and participatory mechanisms in policy.

Ethics in Global Sustainability Governance – Responsibility, transparency, and legitimacy.

Implementing SDGs at Multiple Scales – National policy, city-level governance, and cross-border coordination.

Governance of Water, Energy, Waste & Agriculture Systems – Integrated resource governance models.

Policy Impact on Sustainable Development – Measuring how laws influence environmental and social progress.

Stakeholder Engagement in Policymaking – Involving citizens and businesses in policy creation.

National & International Sustainability Standards – Guidelines for harmonised global sustainable practices.

Governing Natural Capital & Biodiversity Disclosure.

Life cycle–based approaches: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), hybrid LCA, dynamic/prospective LCA, Business Model LCA (BM-LCA), and applications across products, processes, business models, organizations, and networks.

Footprint measurement: carbon (including Scope 1–3), water, material, biodiversity/land use, and social footprints, including novel propositions of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis.

Efficiency and benchmarking methods: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Stochastic DEA (SDEA), Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA), Malmquist indices, and frontier-based eco-efficiency evaluation.

Hybrid and advanced methodologies: combinations of LCA/footprinting with DEA(SDEA), multi-criteria decision making (MCDM), econometrics, system dynamics, agent-based modeling, optimization, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Circular economy strategies: measuring and scaling circular practices through LCA, and frontier methods (DEA/SDEA), with applications in several sectors and contexts.

Digital and data infrastructure: tracking and tracing systems, digital product passports, IoT and sensor data streams, interoperable data standards, and auditable reporting pipelines to enable measurement at scale.

Actionable insights for decision-making: linking impact baselines to target-setting, translating frontier results into operational levers, and demonstrating scale-up under real-world constraints (capital, capacity, policy, and equity).

Scalability and growth strategies: technology roadmapping, portfolio prioritization, modular scale-up, policy and market instruments, financing models, risk management, and governance mechanisms for scaling sustainability.

Sectoral and contextual applications: studies addressing hard-to-abate sectors (e.g., steel, cement, chemicals), particular and strategically relevant sectors (e.g., big tech, professional telescopes, research-intensive organizations, etc.), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and emerging markets.

Decarbonization Roadmaps: Strategic plans to cut carbon emissions across sectors (e.g., transport, energy, agriculture).

Climate Adaptation & Resilience: Preparing for the impacts of climate change, including building flood defenses, developing early warning systems, and creating climate-resilient infrastructure.

Renewable Energy Transitions: Moving from fossil fuels to clean energy sources like solar and wind, and addressing challenges like grid integration and energy storage.

Carbon Markets & Offsets: Exploring the role and integrity of carbon trading schemes, carbon credits, and offset mechanisms in achieving climate targets.

Economic Policies for Low-Carbon Futures: Creating incentives for a green economy through policies like carbon pricing, subsidies, and green finance.

Climate Governance & Policy: The role of national governments and international organizations in climate policy-making, including the implementation of the Paris Agreement and other global frameworks.

Climate-Smart Agriculture: Strategies to reduce emissions in the food sector while enhancing food security and resilience.