This study delineates between sustainable development, an established idea, and sustainability management, an emerging discipline. Theoretical and practical sustainable development is said to call for a sustainability management viewpoint that emphasizes safeguarding both man-made and natural assets. Management of sustainability comprises all of the actions and steps that must be taken to realize the goal of sustainable development. Last but not least, sustainability management is essential for improving environmental and corporate governance mechanisms that work to ensure that all people, both now and in the future, have access to the world’s man-made and natural assets. The study also highlights the importance of developing a sustainability management strategy to guide human actions across the political, economic, social, technological, and legal domains toward long-term sustainability.
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