Strategic Interdisciplinary Centre on Sustainability

The Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation is the hub of Arizona State University’s sustainability research initiatives. The institute advances research and business practices for an urbanizing world. Its sister program, the College of Global Futures, both within the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, offers transdisciplinary degree programs focused on finding practical solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges.

The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative (JEDSI) seeks to examine the relationship between social inequalities, lived experiences, and environmental outcomes. To this end, JEDSI currently focuses on eight primary areas of research, teaching, and practice: Environmental History; Nature, Outdoor Experiences, Attitudes, and Perceptions; Environmental Inequalities, Resilience, and Sustainability; Food and Farming: Access, Sovereignty, Food Justice; Institutional Diversity, Transparency, and Workforce Dynamics; Diversity Pathway Programming; New Horizons in Conservation Conference; Mentoring and Profiles of Environmental Professionals of Color.

The Centre for Business Ethics and Sustainability (CBES) shares research and knowledge concerned with the promotion of research and wider impact on business ethics and sustainability. The aim is to explore how ethical, responsible and sustainable management can play an important role in the common good at various levels of social organisation within and outside the business(es). In doing so, the CBES draws from and expands upon the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Corporate governance (CG) is one of two research pillars undertaken by the Centre for Governance and Sustainability (formerly known as Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations).We are the national assessors for the Singapore Governance and Transparency Index. Together with the Singapore Institute of Directors, we are appointed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as the domestic ranking body for the ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard. Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) research on corporate sustainability (CS) began in 2015, a year before sustainability reporting was introduced by the Singapore Exchange in 2016. We have also added research on global value chains sustainability in 2018. This research initiative is helmed by senior research fellow Alex Capri.

The mission of the Center for Environmental Economics and Sustainability Policy (CEESP) is to develop research in environmental and resource economics that is relevant to policy needs. Special attention is given to issues of sustainability in the context of environmental, energy, climate, and resource management. CEESP organizes faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students in its research activities. The Center's faculty and research fellows work with the Central Arizona Project Long Term Ecological Research Site, the Decision Center for a Desert City and other inter-disciplinary research programs at ASU. Our research is supported by grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Homeland Security as well as other government agencies and non-profit foundations.

The Center for Sustainability Research (CSR) is a cross-disciplinary social science research center focused broadly on sustainable development at different levels of analysis. Our research covers areas in sustainable socioeconomic development, global governance, migration and integration, sustainable markets, production and consumption, circular and sharing economies, sustainable finance, corporate social responsibility and sustainable business management.