Karamo N.M. Sonko
Heeno International (the Gambia) & Jula Consultancy FZE (UAE)
Applied ESG & Sustainability
Journal of Sustainability
An Applied Scholarly Journal on Sustainability
Volume 2, Issue 1
June 2026
ESG and Sustainability in the Global South: Challenges & Opportunities of an Unfinished Agenda
Submissions Open: 1 January 2026 • Submission Deadline: 31 December 2026
Special-Issue Editors
Special-Issue Information
As the global interest in ESG intensifies, a part of the world (the Global South) that matters very much and without which success in climate talks, shared prosperity and equitable socio-economic progress are impossible, is caught up or struggling to catch up in the struggle for sustainability. This Special Issue will address key questions about ESG, a multi-faceted enabler of sustainability, that are yet to be fully answered by scholars and practitioners. These questions evolve around issues of understanding and communicating what ESG really is or should be, relationship with sustainability (UN SDGs in particular), implementation of global climate agreements (in particular the Paris Agreement of the 12th December 2015), financing of climate adaption by countries, women and the youth, corporate governance of not only multinational but national companies, social and other values which enhance or impede ESG at national and global levels, viability of ESG and sustainability practices such as the circular economy, energy transition and sustainable finance, etc. This Special Issue promises to draw on my decades of practical, research and editorial experiences in ESG and ESG-related matters, with the support of a multidisciplinary team of scholars and experts drawn from different parts of the world.
Objective & Scope
This Special Issue aims to have an impact on policymakers, academia, and civil society by bringing to their attention the most pressing issues in ESG and sustainability, as listed in the preceding section. It will address questions such as:
- “What is ESG?”
- “What is the relationship with sustainability?”
- “Why are they so important for countries in the Global South and the world at large?”
- “What are the roles of countries in the Global South?”
- “What are the responsibilities of developed countries (i.e. the Global North) in promoting ESG in the Global South?”
- and more.
Keywords
Global South • ESG • Sustainability • SDGs • Climate • Social • Governance • Developed Countries
Articles
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