In general, this topic covers concepts, theories, and actions related to the great global challenges for Sustainable Development with a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda. The topic combines analyses at different levels of government, organizations, companies, and society in international, regional, and local environments. It includes topics such as poverty; hunger and food security; healthy living and well-being; inclusive and equitable quality education; gender equality; sustainable water and sanitation management; energy for all; full and productive employment; decent work; inclusive and sustainable industrialization; reducing inequality; sustainable cities; sustainable production and consumption patterns; climate change and its impacts; sea and ocean sustainability; sustainable use of land ecosystems; sustainable forest and land management; biodiversity; peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development; global partnerships for sustainable development.

This theme focuses on the strategic choices that determine how organizations integrate sustainability into their competitive logic. We welcome papers on the formulation and implementation of sustainable strategies, competitive positioning, corporate governance, business models, and decision-making under institutional and market pressures. The central axis is strategic intentionality: how organizations deliberately align economic and sustainability objectives to create, capture, and distribute value over the long term. The theme is distinguished by privileging the firm's perspective and its strategic choices, in contrast with approaches centered on operational, social, or systemic aspects in isolation.

This topic covers studies on factors aimed at mitigating environmental issues and promoting the most efficient use of available resources, as well as assessing the impacts and externalities resulting from the production of goods and services caused by organizational activities. It covers topics such as: environmental management systems; environmental management standards; eco-efficiency; industrial ecology; environmental auditing; cleaner production; product life cycle; sustainable supply chains; reverse logistics; climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies; carbon neutrality; environmental permitting; environmental liability management; solid waste management; circular economy.

This topic addresses Corporate Social Responsibility and its theories, concepts, and practices, discussing the effects of organizational actions on the various stakeholders with whom they interact. It covers topics such as: social responsibility; environmental responsibility; business ethics; fair trade; stakeholder theory; base of the pyramid (BoP) business; social business; inclusive economy; climate strategies and stakeholders; innovation for sustainability and inclusion; international sustainability agreements and principles and their impacts on organizations.

The theme covers theories, concepts and practices related to the processes of measuring, controlling, reporting and managing the performance of organizations, in a broader view than that described by the theory of the firm. It includes topics such as: sustainability indicators; sustainability indexes; sustainability and socio-environmental performance measurement models; sustainable balanced scorecard; triple bottom line approach; ESG (environmental, social and governance) performance of companies; theoretical approaches to sustainable corporate performance; socio-environmental accounting; sustainability reporting regulations; corporate disclosure; greenhouse gas emissions; integrated and sustainability reports.

This theme broadly covers strategies and practices for sustainable technological innovation across environmental and social dimensions, or in both. It includes topics such as eco-innovation; eco-design; eco-efficiency; life cycle assessment; biomimicry; innovation in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals; sustainable innovation metrics; technology and the employment challenge; artificial intelligence and implications for sustainability; promoting social entrepreneurship and social businesses; social innovation; innovation and the third sector; and other cutting-edge topics related to the theme.

This topic addresses theoretical and empirical discussions on the creation, maintenance, and analysis of systems, connections/relationships, and networks of/for sustainability and sustainable development (SDGs) that encourage sufficiency and win-win-win relationships, considering individuals, organizations, and territories, encompassing: Individual relationships; Leadership relationships; Organizational behavior relationships; Consumption relationships; Production relationships; Production systems; Social systems; Cultural systems; Environmental systems; Sustainable technology and innovation systems; Sufficiency systems; Enoughness corridor of sustainability; Creation of networks for sustainability; Transformation of essentially unsustainable systems into sustainable ones. It also includes systems, networks, and connections not mentioned, but which contribute to the sustainability of the planet through sustainable development.