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This book provides a comprehensive exploration of how sustainability-driven HRM practices can advance employee well-being, quality education, and gender equality in the workplace. By aligning human resource strategies with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—particularly SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 4 (Quality Education), and SDG 5 (Gender Equality)—this book highlights the crucial role HR plays in fostering inclusive, equitable, and thriving work environments. Organizations today face increasing pressure to balance profitability with social responsibility. Employee well-being is no longer a secondary concern but a key driver of productivity, engagement, and retention. Providing lifelong learning opportunities ensures that employees remain adaptable in a rapidly evolving job market, while gender equality initiatives create diverse and innovative workplaces that reflect societal progress. Despite growing awareness, many companies struggle to implement effective and measurable policies that integrate these critical aspects of sustainability into their HR frameworks. This book shows how sustainability affects human-centered development through workplace health, learning, gender fairness, and technology usage. This book reveals that sustainability needs to focus on human needs before environmental concerns so developments become inclusive and serve people over the long term. This book shows researchers and students from many global backgrounds how organizations can use technology to make their institutions more social and sustainable. This book sets out to solve this challenge by offering research-backed insights, case studies, and actionable strategies that organizations can implement to foster sustainable growth. It explores—Employee Well-being and Mental Health—strategies for fostering a culture of well-being, including workplace wellness programs, psychological safety, and work-life balance initiatives. The Role of HR in Lifelong Learning—How organizations can bridge the skills gap through corporate training, digital literacy, and continuous education programs.

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of how sustainability-driven HRM practices can advance employee well-being, quality education, and gender equality in the workplace. By aligning human resource strategies with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—particularly SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 4 (Quality Education), and SDG 5 (Gender Equality)—this book highlights the crucial role HR plays in fostering inclusive, equitable, and thriving work environments. Organizations today face increasing pressure to balance profitability with social responsibility. Employee well-being is no longer a secondary concern but a key driver of productivity, engagement, and retention. Providing lifelong learning opportunities ensures that employees remain adaptable in a rapidly evolving job market, while gender equality initiatives create diverse and innovative workplaces that reflect societal progress. Despite growing awareness, many companies struggle to implement effective and measurable policies that integrate these critical aspects of sustainability into their HR frameworks. This book shows how sustainability affects human-centered development through workplace health, learning, gender fairness, and technology usage. This book reveals that sustainability needs to focus on human needs before environmental concerns so developments become inclusive and serve people over the long term. This book shows researchers and students from many global backgrounds how organizations can use technology to make their institutions more social and sustainable. This book sets out to solve this challenge by offering research-backed insights, case studies, and actionable strategies that organizations can implement to foster sustainable growth. It explores—Employee Well-being and Mental Health—strategies for fostering a culture of well-being, including workplace wellness programs, psychological safety, and work-life balance initiatives. The Role of HR in Lifelong Learning—How organizations can bridge the skills gap through corporate training, digital literacy, and continuous education programs.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to integrating sustainable value-creation strategies for achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It explores how organizations can align their operations with global sustainable development targets while ensuring economic viability and growth. The major topics covered include sustainable value creation, corporate sustainability standards and framework, responsible business practices, ethical decision-making framework, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable finance. These areas are important as they equip companies with the essential knowledge to navigate various sustainability challenges while staying competitive in this rapidly changing business environment. This book seeks to address the significant challenge organizations encounter in converting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into executable strategies that promote both substantial impact and sustainable growth. Further, this book explores the challenges of integrating sustainability into business models and provides pragmatic solutions for overcoming barriers to SDG implementation. This book serves as a valuable resource for practitioners, business leaders, sustainability professionals, graduate students, and scholars seeking to deepen their understanding of sustainability strategies and foster sustainable development.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to integrating sustainable value-creation strategies for achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It explores how organizations can align their operations with global sustainable development targets while ensuring economic viability and growth. The major topics covered include sustainable value creation, corporate sustainability standards and framework, responsible business practices, ethical decision-making framework, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable finance. These areas are important as they equip companies with the essential knowledge to navigate various sustainability challenges while staying competitive in this rapidly changing business environment. This book seeks to address the significant challenge organizations encounter in converting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into executable strategies that promote both substantial impact and sustainable growth. Further, this book explores the challenges of integrating sustainability into business models and provides pragmatic solutions for overcoming barriers to SDG implementation. This book serves as a valuable resource for practitioners, business leaders, sustainability professionals, graduate students, and scholars seeking to deepen their understanding of sustainability strategies and foster sustainable development.

This book examines the role of artificial intelligence in advancing circular economy practices, environmental sustainability, and net-zero transitions, with particular attention to developing economies. It explores how AI-based systems and technologies are being applied to support closed-loop production and consumption models, improve resource efficiency, and reduce waste across different sectors.The volume also addresses the challenges developing economies face in adopting AI-driven circular economy approaches, including resource constraints, limited technological infrastructure, policy gaps, financial limitations, weak regulatory environments, and socioeconomic barriers. By examining these issues alongside emerging opportunities and practical applications, the book contributes to ongoing discussions on inclusive and equitable sustainability transitions.

This book provides a detailed assessment of current smart city technology developments and their applications. It serves as an additional resource for researchers, urban planners, policymakers, and practitioners, showcasing the application of technology in urban environments to promote sustainability, resource efficiency, and livability. The objectives are to provide an analysis of smart systems and technologies adopted in smart cities around the world and to review existing case studies of successful smart city adoption in different parts of the world. Review existing case studies of successful smart city adoption in different parts of the world. To study the potentialities and difficulties accompanying smart city projects. Investigate upcoming smart city technology changes and developments. This book provides real action steps for city planners, politicians, and tech engineers. Future technological innovations strengthen smart city capabilities, making them more adaptable and responsive to their citizens’ needs. This edited book delivers extensive research on smart city themes, mapping the theoretical bases and practical usage of these technologies and their prospective pathways. Thanks to its combination of essential theoretical groundwork, practical skills, and progressive outlooks, future readers obtain understanding and capabilities through this book.