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What does sustainability in the business environment really mean? The concept has evolved from a vague goal to "save the planet" to become a strategic imperative for business to enhance performance across many dimensions. We live in an age of increasing corporate accountability and if a business expects to survive for the long term, it must adhere to ever higher standards of behavior and continuously develop more sustainable ways of doing business.

Sustainability. --- Corporations --- Environmental aspects. --- sustainability --- precautionary principle --- corporate accountability --- environmental movement --- green washing --- triple bottom line --- sustainable business operations --- sustainable innovation --- sustainable supply chain --- cradle-to-cradle design --- life cycle assessment --- corporate reporting systems --- the global reporting initiative --- the global compact --- the carbon disclosure project --- carbon footprint --- water footprint --- indices on sustainability --- transparency --- stakeholder theory

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The present book contributes to the public administration literature by providing new insights into corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability initiatives, and stakeholder engagement in the higher education context. The fourteen papers published in this Special Issue discuss the role of public universities in promoting sustainability actions, university missions, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) embedded in the 2030 UN Agenda. In each contribution, avenues for research are suggested and, most importantly, stronger analytical connections are advocated between these inter-related research areas. In more detail, two papers focus their attention on university transparency and the processes’ complexity in public institutions. Furthermore, two papers focus on CSR teaching and education, three papers analyze universities’ social responsibility initiatives, and five papers focus on the SDGs. Lastly, taking into account how social networks have changed university communication and become powerful tools for building relationships with stakeholders, two papers of the Special Issue consider social media’s role in university communications.

Information technology industries --- Sustainable Development Goals --- higher education --- sustainability reporting --- Global Reporting Initiative --- thematic analysis --- CSR --- SDGs --- sustainable development --- institutionalization --- strategic plan --- performance measurement --- university --- university social responsibility --- universities --- social responsibility --- CSR reporting --- Italy --- sustainable development goals --- case study --- strategies --- reporting --- education --- Economia Aziendale --- CSR3 --- business ethics --- corporate social responsibility disclosure --- stakeholders engagement --- social network --- Twitter --- sustainability --- Italian universities --- stakeholder engagement --- social media --- disclosure --- corporate social responsibility (CSR) --- corporate strategy --- transparency --- public research institutes --- information disclosure --- public administration --- social justice --- university leadership --- efficiency --- support activities --- processes --- SDG 5 --- gender reporting --- gender budgeting --- Italian university --- the impact ranking --- social accounting theories --- CRUI guidelines --- teaching --- responsibility --- n/a