Sustainable Development and Public-Private Partnership: What Are the Main Managerial Features of This Tool for Environmental Sustainability?

Global environmental issues represent one of the greatest challenges facing modern society, on which man’s survival depends. The urgency and immediacy of these issues make it necessary to focus, among the various dimensions of sustainable development, on environmental sustainability. Moreover, the scale and effects of these issues make a collaborative approach between public institutions and private operators more necessary than ever. In this sense, among the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030, particular relevance is given to Goal 17, which aims to promote the revitalization of the global partnership for sustainable development. Hence, this contribution intends to analyze the main managerial features that characterize public-private partnerships (PPPs) developed to support environmental sustainability. Therefore, in order to contribute to the scientific debate on sustainability management, the systematic literature review methodology is applied to outline and analyze the state of the art on the use of public private partnerships. We found the sectors of application of PPPs for environmental sustainability and the main managerial aspects related to their implementation. In addition, we highlight some concluding remarks regarding policy and managerial implications