With the introduction of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations General Assembly in 25 September 2015, UN agencies, member states and stakeholders have begun to focus on the adoption and implementation of these strategies in realization of 17 Sustainable Development Goals. To work toward sustainability, strategic measures to encourage stakeholders to contribute to the goals of the 2030 agenda are needed.

In recognition of these efforts, this book is produced to compile research concepts and approaches for the area of sustainability management of industry, technology development, community, education and the environment. The objective of this book is to deliberate concepts and approaches of sustainability management taking place in Malaysia whereby case studies will be revealed to provide way forward of sustainability management toward achieving sustainable development.

The insights provided can be applied toadvanced and developing countries by sustainable development practitioners, encompassing government agencies, academia, industries, NGOs and community, who would like to adopt the concept of approach of sustainability into their area of management.

Includes a wealth of case studies on the sustainable management of industries, products, technologies, communities, education and the environment Discusses recent research findings and the way forward for sustainable management Provides essential insights on how to achieve the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals

Autorentext

KHAI ERN LEE, Ph.D. is currently the Deputy Director (Infrastructure and Instrumentation) at the Centre for Research and Instrumentation Management (CRIM) and an Associate Professor cum Senior Fellow at the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He is a Fellow at the Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, Sunway University; an alumni of Leadership for Sustainability, United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo; as well as a Full Member of the Young Scientist Network-Academy of Sciences Malaysia (YSN-ASM). He is also a Panel Accredited Mediator of the Malaysian Mediation Centre, Bar Council of Malaysia as well as a Professional Technologist of the Malaysia Board of Technologist (MBOT).

Inhalt
Linking Corporate Social Responsibility of Chemical Industries to Sustainable Development.- Integrating Responsible Care into Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Management System.- Adopting and Implementing Product Stewardship for Sustainable Industrial Management.- Developing Nanotechnology for the Public Wellbeing towards Sustainable Development.- Streamlining Non-Governmental Organization's Programs towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals.- Integrating Sustainability Concept into Chemistry Curriculum for Education for Sustainable Development.- Shifting the Paradigm of Urban River towards Integrated Stormwater Management.