Defining a future development pathway through the lens of sustainability and competitiveness is a unique trademark of any free market. Going beyond this aspect, this book is an invitation to identify relevant correlations between the circular economy, trade, adaptation to climate change, land degradation neutrality, fair-trade, corporate social responsibility, culture, and gender. Among all of these sectors, we are currently witnessing various types of synergies. The key is to distinguish those adaptive solutions which are applicable to real-time changes. This volume scrutinizes the role playe.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• LIST OF FIGURES
• LIST OF TABLES
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER ONE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS AT A CROSSROADS
• CHAPTER
• MOVING AHEAD TO A NEW SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA IN INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS
• CHAPTER THREE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT
• CHAPTER FOUR NEW PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
• CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS
• ANNEX 1 : Top BEST 1 0 PERFORMERS ON SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS
• ANNEX 2 : PROPOSED SCENARIOS FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
• ANNEX 3 : GROWTH OF GDP BY MAJOR REGION, 201 6-20 1 8
• ANNEX
• GLOBAL GREEN ECONOMY INDEX (GGEI), 20 1 8
• ANNEX 6: CHANGE IN RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY AT THE
• ABBREVIA nONS
• GLOSSARY
• BIBLIOGRAPHY