SDG Hub

As a signatory of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Publishers Compact, IntechOpen works proudly to accelerate progress towards achieving the SDGs by 2030. We are committed to playing a significant role in our network and community by publishing open access books and open science journals that will help inform, develop, and inspire sustainable practices toward achieving these goals.

You are welcome to use our sustainability-related content and resources - all are available to read, share and download for free. The SDG Hub also covers company-related initiatives. IntechOpen encourages research in the area of sustainability and supports all 17 SDGs, and contributes specifically to SDG 4 - Quality education.

Publishing Program

Open Access Books & Series

Open Science Journals

Overview of the Content Published by Goal

Responsible Publishing & Processes

Open Science

Waiver Policy

Accessibility Online

Print On Demand

Initiatives

Climate Action

Initiatives of the Publishing Industry

Environmental Impact

Responsible Business and Organisational Culture Principles

Reports

Diversity and Inclusions

Highlights and Events

Publishing Program

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Open Access Books & Series

Sdg-related book series

In line with its values, IntechOpen launched an open access Book Series on Sustainable Development. Led by Series Editor Prof. Usha Iyer-Raniga from RMIT University, Australia, and with an international Editorial Board, the Series presents a topical structure that groups the 17 SDGs.

The five topics of our Environmental Sciences book series, launched in 2022 - Pollution; Environmental Resilience and Management; Ecosystems and Biodiversity; and Water Science - address important areas of advancement in the environmental sciences. They represent a relevant grouping of published works on these critical topics.

IntechOpen Book Series

Sustainable Development

Book Series Doi 10.5772/intechopen.100361

Issn 2753-6580

5 Topics •

426 Works Published •

44 Books Published

Series Editor

Usha Iyer-Raniga

RMIT University, Australia

Environmental Sciences

Book Series Doi 10.5772/intechopen.100362

Issn 2754-6713

4 Topics •

368 Works Published •

45 Books Published

Series Editor

J. Kevin Summers

Books

Sdg-related books from the ku select program

Our partnership with Knowledge Unlatched, now in its sixth year, has led to the publication of over 67 open access books in fields such as Social Sciences, Humanities, Climate Change, Global Health, Engineering, and Physics.

Knowledge Unlatched has expanded its focus to include subjects related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which, as KU states, "are commonly agreed to provide a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for our planet." This ensures that our joint publications address topics of critical importance to society today.

All books published in collaboration with KU, including those related to the SDGs, are permanently available in one centralised location.

Explore KU Books

Selected titles

Climate Policies

Edited by Gary Yohe

Post-COVID Tourism

Edited by Rui Alexandre Castanho

Gender Inequality

Edited by Feyza Bhatti

Burnout Syndrome

Edited by Robert W. Motta

Global Warming

Edited by Vinay Kumar

The Changing Tide of Immigration and Emigration During the Last Three Centuries

Edited by Ingrid Muenstermann

Flood Risk in a Climate Change Context

Edited by Tiago Miguel Ferreira

Selected titles

Energy Engineering

Edited by Muhammad Sultan

Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Resource and Environmental Management

Edited by Ling Zhang and Mohd Nazip Suratman

Sustainable Waste Management and Energy Valorization

Edited by Hosam Saleh

Social Movements in Previous and Contemporary Societies

Edited by Ingrid Muenstermann

National Parks and Protected Areas

Edited by Ilda Vagge

Sea Level Rise and Ocean Health in the Context of Climate Change

Edited by Yuanzhi Zhang

Globalization

Edited by José Moleiro Martins

Perspectives on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in the Workplace

Edited by Cinzia Leone

Loneliness

Edited by Md Zahir Ahmed

Salmonella

Edited by Mihaela Laura Vica

Open Science Journals

Our journals are dedicated homes for interdisciplinary technology-focused researchers to publish their work whilst embracing open science and creating a unique global home for academics to disseminate their work.

Highlighted title - Green Energy and Environmental Technology (GEET)

GEET is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes work across biological and environmental sciences, showcasing research within these rapidly developing fields with a high impact on humankind and its environment. The papers published support United Nations SDGs and have a strong technological component. To date, 70% of the works published have been specifically in support of the SDGs. Find out more

Open access peer-reviewed article

Development and Stability Evaluation of an Environmentally Friendly Aqueous Suspoemulsion of Emamectin Benzoate

Gabriela Anais Quintero and Hermes Jose Andrade

Section: Green and Sustainable Chemistry

January 2025

UN SDGs
Related Goals:

Open access peer-reviewed article

Development of a Conceptual Framework for Plastic Waste Management in a Small Island Developing State

Geeta Somaroo, Marie-Antoinette Elsa Letoah and Sanjana Rambojun-Ruchaya

Section: Environmental Engineering & Clean Technologies

April 2025

UN SDGs
Related Goals:

Open access peer-reviewed article

Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study of the Adsorption of Malachite Green Dye Using Graphene Nanoplatelets

Daniel de la Peña-Aguirre, Lucía Fabiola Cano-Salazar, Carlos Andrés Covarrubias-Gordillo, Tirso Emmanuel Flores-Guía, Jesús Alejandro Claudio-Rizo, Denis Aidee Cabrera-Munguia, Carlos Alberto Ávila-Orta, Víctor Javier Cruz-Delgado

Section: Environmental Engineering & Clean Technologies

May 2025

UN SDGs
Related Goals:

Open access peer-reviewed article

Challenges of Recycling and Reuse at the End of Lifecycle of Photovoltaic Panels

Maria Claudia Botan, Vinny Godoy, Antonio Botan, Flávio Cabrera, Guilherme Cardim, Renivaldo Santos

Section: Environmental Engineering & Clean Technologies

May 2025

UN SDGs
Related Goals:

Open access peer-reviewed article

Does Fiscal Decentralization Matter for Improving Environmental Quality Through Green Finance and Green Technology? Empirical Investigation in Chinese Provinces

Naveed Aslam, Wanping Yang and Rabia Saeed

Section: Environmental Engineering & Clean Technologies

July 2025

UN SDGs
Related Goals:

Overview of the Content Published by Goal

Since the beginning, we have published works that advocate for themes represented by the SDGs.

Source: Dimensions

Responsible Publishing & Processes

Our approach reflects a commitment to ethical and sustainable practices in the creation and dissemination of books and journals. This includes adopting open access and open science as the primary publishing model, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of content, and taking into account the environmental impact of producing and distributing both digital and physical products. All operations are oriented towards SDG 12— Responsible Consumption and Production.

Open Science - Supporting Reproducibility and Transparency

Following the launch of our open science journal portfolio in 2022 and our fundamental commitment to openly sharing scientific research, we organised an opening webinar, ‘Introduction to Open Science’, leading to our ‘Engaging with Open Science 2023’ webinar series in 2023. We discuss critical developments in open science with industry-leading experts and academics.

Webinar 1

Engaging with Open Science 2023:

Preprints

18 April 2023

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Webinar 2

Engaging with Open Science 2023:

Open Data

13 June 2023

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Webinar 3

Engaging with Open Science 2023:

Open Peer Review

26 September 2023

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Open science hub

As part of our commitment to open access and open science, we have launched the Open Science Hub - a centralized platform dedicated to enhancing openness and accessibility in scientific research. This hub serves as a starting point for accessing open science resources, featuring webinars on open science practices, expert discussions across various disciplines, and curated materials to foster a more inclusive and equitable scientific ecosystem.

Open Science Hub

Supporting Our Authors

Waiver Policy

While providing support and advice to all our international authors, waiver priority will be given to those authors who reside in countries that are classified by the World Bank as low-income economies, early career researchers and underrepresented or emerging disciplines. In this way, we can help ensure equity among researchers.

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Institutional Agreements

In 2024, IntechOpen signed an Open Access Institutional Agreement with Iowa State University to support open access and cover open access publishing fees for their faculty. Also, CSIC recommitted to maintaining the preexisting Institutional Agreement, which allows CSIC-affiliated academics and research centres to benefit from heavily discounted publication fees. Additionally, IntechOpen has released a central web page transparently aggregating Authors, Editors, and Institutions, offering more information to its community.

OA Switchboard

In 2023, we announced our sponsorship and active participation in the OA Switchboard Books pilot initiative in collaboration with other key industry partners. Our involvement continues demonstrating our ongoing commitment to supporting this cross-stakeholder initiative and the open access books ecosystem and community.

Accessibility Online: Supporting Our Community of Researchers

For over 20 years, IntechOpen has supported the dissemination of knowledge through its open access and open science publishing programme. Our goal is to make scientific information accessible to everyone.

Website & Dashboards: Accessibility is facilitated by the UserWay Widget (a supplementary assistive technology). The functionality extends to the website and all proprietary publishing dashboards (supporting alignment with the EAA, EN 301 549, WCAG 2.1 Level AA and 2.2, ADA, Section 508, and AODA). This commitment extends across both desktop and mobile platforms.
- An accessibility-supported experience is available for all published HTML chapters and articles.
Frontlist:
- All journal articles published from 2025 onwards (PDF format) are accessibility-compliant.
- All book chapter PDFs published after 28 June 2025 are accessibility-compliant.
Video Accessibility & Marketing Collateral: Video content features either synchronised captions or utilises YouTube-supported closed captioning. Marketing collateral has been remediated to meet accessibility standards to the maximum extent possible.

Print On Demand - Supporting the Environment

In addition to free online access, all books can be ordered as hard copies. Since the services were introduced, sustainability and efficiency have been key priorities. Currently, solutions related to print products include on-demand printing, sustainable printing paper, sustainable printing practices, sustainable packaging, and sustainable shipping.

Print-on-demand

IntechOpen books are available online, and for its print products as of 2011, we offer only a print-on-demand option to avoid unnecessary waste.

Sustainability from forest to paper

The chosen paper and cardboard producers promote sustainable forestry by responsible sourcing of certified wood and paper.

Sustainability-aware printing services

IntechOpens printing partners are aligned with the following standards: FSC® CoC (Chain of Custody), ISO 14001:2004, and ISO 9001:2008.

Responsible shipping

IntechOpen is planning to switch to DHLs Go Green shipping service in the imminent future with the primary objective of reducing and avoiding the emission of greenhouse gasses and local air pollutants.

Initiatives That Promote Wide and Critical Dissemination of Content Globally

R4L

Since 2019, our collaboration with Research4Life has aimed to boost worldwide participation in research and scholarly communications, particularly from lower-income countries, thereby ensuring that all researchers have an equitable platform to harness knowledge, broaden publishing participation, and address societal challenges.

As a signatory of the United Nations SDG Publishers Compact and an open access publisher, IntechOpen proudly reaffirmed its commitment to Research4Life in 2024, highlighting our shared mission to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable research ecosystem. In addition, in early 2025, we supported Research4Life through a sponsorship donation via the Friends of Research4Life programme, further contributing to the advancement of equitable access to knowledge.

Zendy

IntechOpen partnered with Zendy, developed by Knowledge E, to boost the accessibility of open access content for developing countries, making our scholarly work more discoverable in the MENA region and other developing countries. As members of the SDG Publishers Compact, Knowledge E and IntechOpen share the same commitment to increasing awareness, publishing, and disseminating scientific research that supports the UN SDGs.

Book Aid

In 2022 and again in 2024, IntechOpen donated books to Book Aid International, reinforcing our commitment to advancing progress and equity in research and education. This initiative is a natural fit for IntechOpen, as it aligns with our mission to make knowledge accessible to all. Partnering with Book Aid International - an organisation with a long history of using books to foster progress and promote equity - ensures that our publications reach researchers and professionals in regions with limited access to online resources. We look forward to continuing our support for Book Aid International in the future.

Alison Tweed, CEO, Book Aid International, and Dr. Sara Uhac, CEO, IntechOpen, at the 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair.

Climate Action

Initiatives of the publishing industry

The publishing industry has united in calling for climate action as a priority, with the ambition to support SDG 13 - Climate Action. IntechOpen also prioritised SDG 13 in its sustainability approach through its publishing program and special initiatives in response to this global call. IntechOpen actively contributes to the topic by gathering relevant open access and open science research, broadening its understanding, partnering with different initiatives (Kudos, Impact Science...), and accelerating its application towards a sustainable world.

Visit Climate Change Hub

A selection of articles from IntechOpen Journal Green Energy and Environmental Technology (GEET) is now available through IntechOpen Climate Change Showcase at Kudos platform, with summaries explained in plain language by professional science writers.

Visit the Showcase

Environmental Impact

Special effort is made to reduce the business’s environmental footprint. We apply a dynamic process that ensures that emerging metrics, evolving industry dynamics, and new material topics are promptly identified and incorporated into the assessments.

Responsible Business and Organisational Culture Principles

The social perspective is considered through the company’s business philosophy and organisational culture principles - equality, inclusiveness, responsibility, and employees’ well-being, in support of SDG 5 and 8, - respectively, Gender Equality and Decent Work and Economic Growth.

2024 ESG Report

The 2024 ESG Report provides a comprehensive summary of the organisation's key activities, reflecting sustained efforts and progress made over the past year.

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2023 ESG Report

Our third annual ESG report showcases a continuation of our work through the years. By proactively including recognised sustainability topics in everything we do, we strive to ensure our practices remain relevant and comprehensive.

2022 ESG Report

As the world’s leading publisher of open access books, and a portfolio of open science journals, IntechOpen has embarked on a journey towards environmental, social, and governance(ESG) excellence. This second, annual ESG report builds on the insights and achievements of 2021. This brochure serves a dual purpose: to showcase the advancements made since the first report and to underscore IntechOpen’s commitment to continuous improvement in ESG practices

2021 ESG Report

With our ongoing commitment to increase awareness and publish and promote scientific research in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, IntechOpen is actively implementing Environmental, Social, and Governance principles into its operations.

Diversity and Inclusion

We at IntechOpen have formalised a set of commitments to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This applies to a global statement on a company level and furthers our commitments across different editorial policies to support a more inclusive and diverse scholarly publishing community that we have always been proud of supporting and giving visibility and impact to.

Gender Equality

IntechOpen is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace that values and respects all individuals. A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is essential to our mission of promoting open access and open science and advancing the scientific community.

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Management Board

At the board level, 33% of the members are female, while among the employees, the majority (81%) are female.

Initiatives that support diversity and inclusion - Women in Science

For many years, IntechOpen has actively promoted the research of female scientists. Our Women in Science program builds on the previous WIS program's successful foundations, publishing the research of award-winning women from physics to robotics, medicine to environmental science.

Women in Science Initiatives Hub

Rising Stars - a Hub for Young Scientists

At IntechOpen, we understand the importance of nurturing the next generation of scientists. Our Rising Stars Hub serves as a dedicated platform to inspire young researchers, offering a collection of interviews with leading scientists and materials designed to motivate aspiring scientists to pursue their passions and join the global scholarly conversation.

Rising Stars - a Hub for Young Scientists

Disability and work

Daily Fit-Office Exercise Breaks

Our goal is to improve health and quality of life at the workplace. The previously introduced FitOffice Active Break Program is now available as a video archive, accessible anytime on the HRIS dashboard. The program is adapted to the needs and capabilities of the team and encourages regular movement during the workday, supporting both physical and mental wellbeing.

Socially-responsible Initiatives

After years of supporting zero hunger initiatives and SDG Goal 2, our employees expanded their efforts by supporting Goal 16.2 through donations to a children’s home.

The goal was to assist a public social care institution that provides psychosocial support to children, young people, and their families through half-day programs, professional advisory services, and preventive activities.

In another initiative, employees helped vulnerable members of the community by preparing food packages, which were distributed through a local volunteer organisation providing food and essential items to those in need.

Wings for Life 2022 & 2023

IntechOpen joined the rest of the world in the Wings for Life World run. The world's biggest running event, the Wings for Life World Run, is an international race in which donations help to support spinal cord injury research - 100% of entry fees go to spinal cord research and help to find a cure for spinal cord injury.

Highlights and Events

23 April 2025

IntechOpen Marked 7,500th OA Book Release with 'Climate Policies,' Co-edited by Members of Nobel Peace Prize-Winning IPCC Team

Co-edited by Gary Yohe and Joel Smith, senior members of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), this timely volume offers a comprehensive evaluation of contemporary climate policy strategies.

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22 April 2025

Marking Mother Earth Day 2025: Research Insights from the Green Energy and Environmental Technology Journal

Mother Earth Day serves as a reminder of our shared responsibility to protect the environment. Issues like plastic pollution and water contamination are pressing global challenges, demanding sustainable solutions. Recent research published in our Green Energy and Environmental Technology journal addresses some of these issues through science-driven approaches.

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05 November 2024

Green Energy and Environmental Technology Journal: Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Nearly 70% of the journal's publications directly contribute to key SDGs, including Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3), Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6), Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7), Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12), Climate Action (SDG 13), and Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11).

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29 October 2024

IntechOpen Signs Research4Life Publishers Recommitment

As a signatory of the United Nations SDG Publishers Compact and an open access publisher, IntechOpen proudly reaffirms its commitment to Research4Life, emphasising our shared mission to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable research ecosystem. We believe that equitable access to knowledge is essential for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and fostering global advancement.

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28 October 2024

IntechOpen Launches Open Science Hub

As a natural step forward in our commitment to open access and open science, we are introducing the Open Science Hub - a centralised platform dedicated to advancing openness and accessibility in scientific research.

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19 August 2024

New Open Access Books from the Knowledge Unlatched Select Programme 2024

Our fruitful partnership with Knowledge Unlatched is now entering its sixth year. During this time, with the support of libraries worldwide, we have published 64 books covering Social Sciences and Humanities, Climate Change, Global Health, Engineering, and Physics, among other fields. This collaboration has facilitated our authors in publishing their research as open access.

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18 July 2024

IntechOpen Presents Interviews for Young Scientists with Science's Leading Minds

We are pleased to present a series of inspirational interviews for young researchers with some of todays leading scientists, ranging from a Nobel laureate to pioneers and innovators in various fields, including pharmacogenomics, pharmaceutical leadership, and academia.

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23 April 2024

IntechOpen Continues Partnership With Book Aid International, Making Books Available to Education-Disrupted Countries in Africa and Beyond

IntechOpen is proud to continue its partnership with Book Aid International and announce its latest book donation. This is our second contribution to the UK's leading book donation and library support charity that envisions a world where everyone can access books to enrich, improve and change their lives.

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12 December 2023

IntechOpen and Zendy Joint Webinar on Equitable Access to Research for Sustainable Development

The webinar offers an opportunity to hear about a hands-on case study in the field of emerging technologies in energy engineering and sustainability, with a specific focus on the goals behind that research.

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20 November 2023

IntechOpen at the Charleston Conference 2023

During the virtual conference week, IntechOpen is participating alongside experts from Digital Science, Nuremberg University, and the Open Syllabus Project in a round table titled "A Fresh Look at Open Access Book Publishing Post-Pandemic in an SDG-Focused World."

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