The International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) is pleased to announce its 14th annual conference. The conference takes place in New Delhi, India, September 21-23,2008. India provides a very important platform and context for sustainable development research. The topics discussed and research themes addressed will cover the diversity of aspects and approaches in sustainable development research.

The 14th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society is hosted by the Management Development Institute, India (MDI) in collaboration with Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia (CSR Asia), University of Hong Kong (HKU), ERP Environment (ERP),Abo Akademi University (ÅA) , The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and Academy of Finland (AOF). A novel feature of this year's conference is an emphasis on interaction between participants from developed and developing countries for the challenge of global unsustainable development. Sustainability researchers will be able to learn from each other's experience and jointly create solutions for making progress in sustainable development.

The 14th Annual Conference is a peer reviewed conference. Abstracts are sent to reviewers and written comments are provided to the authors. Papers from the conference are considered for publication in special issues of international scientific peer reviewed journals. The conference has several supporting journals, including Sustainable Development, Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production, Progress in Industrial Ecology, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management and European Environment.