An Approach to Sustainability Management across Systemic Levels: The Capacity-Building in Sustainability and Environmental Management Model (CapSEM-Model)

A toolbox for assessing the environmental impacts of processes, products and services has been gradually developed over last 30 years. The tools methods place attention on a growing holistic concern to also consider stakeholders’ views connected entire life cycle products. Another change is gradual increase in consideration economic social dimensions sustainability since 1990s. This paper presents this development using two interlinked models that illustrate changes from scopes time system complexity. initial are further merged into one, Capacity-building Sustainability Environmental Management model (the CapSEM-model), which organizations systemic way transition sustainability, seen complexity performance CapSEM-model attempts integrate different systems methodologies their contribution increased performance. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mapped onto as an example how they can be useful sustainability. is, therefore, conceptualization needs specify accurate level boundaries. However, it proven helpful struggle find systematic approach toward implementing described through brief manufacturing industry.