Sustainability in Social Investment and Responsible Trade

Dear Colleagues,

The achievement of a sustainable development has become a strategic goal for business and governments. Public and private actors have increased their awareness about sustainability concerns and civil society, public authorities and companies are implementing active strategies for mitigating the effects of our current patterns of production and consumption. In the last decades, research around sustainability has been mostly focused on environmental aspects. However, social issues such as poverty alleviation, inequality, labor conditions, fair relationship among buyers and suppliers along the supply chain, corruption or local community impacts of business activities, are gaining momentum in sustainability management studies. This Special Issue will comprise a selection of papers presenting original and innovative contributions to the advancement of research related to social sustainability, especially focused in social investment developed internally by companies and externally by public or private market actors, and responsible trade along global supply chains. This implies to analyze and reflect on social sustainability issues including but not limited to Fairtrade, social criteria in sustainable supply chain management, sustainability and social innovation, social impact management of climate change strategies and social impact investing.

Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer-review process with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• fairtrade
• social criteria in sustainable supply chain management
• sustainability and social innovation
• social impact management of climate change strategies
• social Impact investing