Dr. Thomas Hoppe is assistant professor of Innovation and Sustainable Governance at the Centre for Studies in Technology and Sustainable Development (CSTM). He specializes in environmental policy, public policy, policy implementation, climate policy, sustainable housing, energy transition and corporate social responsibility. He has also been involved in externally funded projects concerning pol...

Globally, sustainable development has been given high priority for the Government agenda in order to achieve a balance of social, economic and environmental factors. The UK government realise the importance and criticality of sustainable development and they intend to use the public procurement power to demand more sustainable public building development to improve energy efficiency and reduce ...

Executive Overview Just as the creation of shareholder value requires performance on multiple dimensions, the global challenges associated with sustainable development are also multifaceted, involving economic, social, and environmental concerns. Indeed, these challenges have implications for virtually every aspect of a firm’s strategy and business model. Yet, most managers frame sustainable de...

Innovation is becoming more and more central in our society and it is directly associated to the possibility of sustainable economic and social development. In this new scenario, the educational institutions have increasingly assumed a relevant role for the innovation-based economic development. Consequently, education includes among its main missions collaboration for the promotion of a sustai...

Sustainable development is a three-pronged attack on the future. It is shorthand for a world in which economic progress, social equity and environmental quality are being integrated to provide fulfilling lifestyles for the planet’s inhabitants, both now and in the future. Technology will have to play an important role in the transition towards sustainable development, and technological changes ...

Sustainable development is a three-pronged attack on the future. It is shorthand for a world in which economic progress, social equity and environmental quality are being integrated to provide fulfilling lifestyles for the planet’s inhabitants, both now and in the future. Technology will have to play an important role in the transition towards sustainable development, and technological changes ...

There is growing interest in sustainability, sustainable development, and sustainable transportation. This paper identifies issues related to the definition, evaluation and implementation of sustainable transportation. Significant issues include the range of definitions of sustainability, the range of issues considered under sustainability, the range of perspectives, criticism of sustainability...

Recent international policy literature on Education for Sustainable Development puts forward utopian concepts of sustainable development and transformed learning as objects for educational thinking and practice. This paper, drawing on three illustrative educational investigations with youth in a South African context, critically examines how we might engage with utopian concepts such as those p...