Sustainability and Project Management

More businesses are interested in integrating sustainability into their daily operations. The

efficiency of this process can be increased by project management, but there is little information on

how to integrate sustainability into particular initiatives. The planning, monitoring, and control of

support and delivery procedures of the project undertaken that includes the economic, environmental,

and social characteristics of the resources, processes, deliverables, and effects of a project is known as

sustainable project management (SPM). This type of project management (PM) aims to benefit

stakeholders and is conducted in an ethical, transparent, and moral manner with the energetic

participation of stakeholders.

The triple bottom line of economic, environmental, and social aspects is used to discuss the

sustainability factors, together with the spatial and temporal aspects of the project’s resources,

processes, deliverables, and repercussions, stakeholder involvement, and values dimensions (Silvius

& Schipper., 2014). PM refers to the procedures, techniques, expertise, knowledge, and experience

used to achieve specific objectives with a project. SPM is the practice of carrying out initiatives that

will benefit society, future generations, and the environment in a variety of economic, environmental,

and social aspects.

Large corporations carry out their business activity through projects. Putting business projects

based on the notion of sustainable development into action is becoming more pressing. The notion

presupposes the administration of business initiatives in such a way that an institutional balance may

be achieved between the economic, social, and environmental interests of groups of stakeholders both

now and in the future (Mauro & Marly., 2014). However, there are no universally accepted

developments in sustainable management at the moment. Achieving and showing sustainable

development circumstances are challenging tasks. Given the wide range of viewpoints and effects on

sustainability, it is challenging to define the term in a way that is meaningful enough to make it

operational (Marcelino-Sádaba et al., 2015).

integrate global and local considerations, qualitative and abstract with quantitative and specific

elements, future and present considerations, and the person with the conceptual component.

Sustainability is one of today’s most important topics (Martens & Carvalho., 2017). Concepts of

sustainability are being included into businesses’ marketing, internal communications, annual reports,

and operations. Project management has recently been linked to the sustainability notion, which is

essential for establishing more sustainable company practices (Dumrak et al., 2017).

The growing body of literature on this subject shows how sustainability considerations affect

project management procedures and techniques. Integration of PM and sustainability is a problematic

procedure integrating sustainability needs a scope shift in project management; from controlling time,

budget, and quality to managing social, environmental, and economic effect (Gilbert Silvius., 2017).

This is especially true considering the vastly diverse temporal horizons of these activities. While

project management must be focused on specific objects and timed tasks, sustainability is related with

long-term difficulties that frequently have no simple answer. Analysis reveals the difficulties of

resolving these “diverging yet interrelated concerns” and merging them into business logics (Kivilä et

al., 2017).

Sustainability in Project Management

Managers currently view both sustainability and PM as trending subjects. There is a rising

attention in creating and validating new PM techniques, and values of sustainability rule in every area

of company and organizational management. The future of project-based organizations therefore

includes the confluence of such sectors (Gilbert Silvius., 2017). Projects impact the setting where they

are employed, but also assist to alter that setting. When viewed from the standpoint of sustainability,

the phase of project completion and the final deliverable have effects that may be very helpful in the

here and now but may have detrimental repercussions on many stakeholders in the future.
 Sustainability approaches any problem from a long-term angle, attempting to take the project’s

social, environmental, and economic facets into account. Contrarily, PM is focused on project length

while aiming to satisfy the project’s budget, schedule, and quality criteria (Martens & Carvalho.,

2017). The inadequacy of standards of PM to address sustainability in terms of competencies makes

implementing sustainability in projects difficult. According to the multidimensional systemic view of

sustainability, project outcomes should accomplish environmental, economic, and social

sustainability. However, attempts to accomplish such integration in many nations have been

challenging. All aspects of the project and its management should begin with understanding the

context of the project (Kivilä et al., 2017).

A more complete consideration of the project’s surroundings is required for project

management that is sustainable. As we talk about sustainability, we stretch the boundaries of the

context, both in terms of time and place. The short- and long-term sustainability traits, as well as

“local and global,” have a big impact on the project setting (Dumrak et al., 2017). Project planning,

which also helps projects succeed throughout their entire life cycle aids project management.

To promote the inclusion of sustainability in PM, sustainability ought to be included as the

success criteria for a project. Project effectiveness, stakeholders, teamwork, business success, long-

term planning, and sustainability are the six characteristics that make up sustainable project success

(SPS) (Chawla et al., 2018). Investigating the sustainable measuring variables associated with

sustainable project management is the primary objective of this study in order to predict successful

sustainable project planning (Yu et al., 2018).

In order to encourage interested parties (stakeholders) to reevaluate their goals, considering a

study of the potential effects of their projects on sustainability, the evaluation of sustainability is

essential. In order to provide guidance during the procedure of decision-making for all involved

stakeholders in a transparent and inclusive manner, sustainability evaluations are required to provide

concrete information on the key elements of project sustainability (Carboni et al., 2018). For
methodically integrating sustainability elements into production, project evaluation, related processes,

and project selection, decision tools and methodologies are needed.

It must convert the expansion of sustainability tools with objectives like ensuring health and

environmental integrity into tools for greening with objectives like pollution reduction or continuous

improvement (Mavi & Standing., 2018). Individuals, organizations, and enterprises widely recognized

the need for metrics, models, and tools to describe and quantify sustainability using structured

procedures and forms. In order to advance sustainability, it is also essential to monitor, evaluate,

quantify, and analyze the growth of sustainability indicators (Peenstra & Silvius., 2018).

Importance of Sustainability of a Business

Even if it has not been fully explored, the connection between projects and sustainability is

clear. Projects are built on short-term initiatives that use resources but accomplish worthwhile goals.

Sustainability establishes standards for efficient usage of resources and for the assessment of

productions in terms of their effects on the society, economy, and environment (Peenstra & Silvius.,

2018). To add to the number of advantages to stakeholders, the classic approach of PM allocates and

utilises these resources while looking for the best possible trade-off between cost, time, and quality

performances. With time, it has become clear that this strategy is incredibly reductionist since it

ignores the complexity of social and environmental problems, which are the difficulties related to

sustainability (Yu et al., 2018).

This prevents the proper integration of these sustainability-related challenges because it

usually evaluated differently project success and project management success. In fact, the idea of

effectiveness is frequently used to evaluate project success (achieved vs. set goals), while the concept

of efficiency is used to assess project management success (consumed resources vs. achieved targets).

This can open up new perspectives for project management (Mavi & Standing., 2018). The goal is to

make sure that decisions are made with the benefits of the clients in mind while also avoiding harm to

society or the environment. For this reason, significant projects that use a lot of resources and energy
and produce effects on the society, economy, and the environment over a long period would benefit

most from a sustainable strategy (Chawla et al., 2018). SPM involves organizing, directing, and

coordinating the delivery of projects and their supporting activities while considering their effects on

the economy, environment, and society over their entire life cycles.

This practice is carried out with the active participation of stakeholders in a transparent, moral,

and ethical manner with the goal of realizing advantages for all parties. Regarding the viability of

society, the economy, and the environment, sustainability is at the forefront of many fields. In order to

provide successful project outputs, PM has seen fit to include the concept of sustainability into its

processes (Carboni et al., 2018). Here, fruitful projects include not only meeting deadlines, spending

less money, and staying within the project’s stated parameters, but also considering the project’s long-

term sustainability, which includes its effects on the environment, society, and the economy long after

it is finished.

Standards of Sustainable Project Management

Sustainability is defined as a partaking procedure that envisions and elaborates a sense of

community in which it suggests the stewardship and wise use of resources, seeking, to the greatest

extent possible, secure economic growth, proper coordination, and fostering democracy in the

management of their groups, and preserving the veracity of vital and ecological schemes (Armenia et

al., 2019). All projects can be performed sustainably by including sustainability into PM, which can

be used as a lever. By examining how the eight principles of sustainability have been practical to this

area and developing the concept of SPM, the authors intend to consider the acceptance of

sustainability in businesses. From the macro or global to the micro or project levels, sustainability has

been incorporated (Yuan et al., 2019).

International organizations have taken the initiative in bringing attention to common concerns

like the sustainability of human life, preservation of agricultural and biological resources, constrained
growth economies, stable human populations, quality, and self-reliance. National governments have

accepted these programs, which concentrate on issues unique to each nation (Chofreh et a., 2019). The

most common objectives are: social progress, which includes promoting community well-being,

inclusiveness, and educational opportunities; environmental conservation, which includes prudent

resource management; preserving species and their habitats; and preservation of economic expansion

and employment.

It is urgently necessary to assess and address sustainability concerns in all facets of the

business to achieve a long and productive business life of rising uncertainty and resource scarcity.

Many researchers in the field have conducted individual studies on sustainability and PM (Armenia et

al., 2019). However, there has been little progress made in refining the techniques used today to

evaluate and implement sustainable project management. In order to use resources wisely and to

supply the same to upcoming generations, sustainability ensures and includes factors of social,

environmental, and financial responsibility.

Practices of Sustainable Project Management

The rules, methods, and choices that are accountable for converting strategy into projects

develop through time into a suite of corporate practices of PM that establishes the environment for

individual management practices. Such practices and policies of business have an influence on all

stakeholders that work within or for the organization (Chofreh et a., 2019). Firms can establish

corporate sustainability when sustainable development is implemented within the company and it

includes the three pillars of sustainable development: economic, ecological, and social. Organizations

can incorporate sustainability ideas into their activities by launching unique projects based on

principles of sustainability. The same concepts that, with organizational strategy, change the time-

orientation of projects define the organization’s collection of practices and policies, and its

perspective of the worth of resources (Yuan et al., 2019).

and policies should guide the organization’s approach to conducting business in order to integrate

sustainability concepts into project management procedures (Gunduz & Almuajebh., 2020). Corporate

sustainability principles and practices are still difficult to incorporate into project management

systems, even while progress toward sustainability improves corporate governance (risk reduction,

enforcement of internal codes of behavior, etc.). In order to achieve certain goals that serve as success

criteria, sustainable project management can change corporate practices.

Governments in many nations understand the value of integrating sustainability into project

development strategies, particularly in sustainable development, because of population expansion and

finite resources. The success of a sustainable project for manufacturing companies may therefore be

attributed to a sustainable project management mechanism that results in the maintenance of a

sustainable project plan (Tan et al., 2020). Because of the limited consideration for sustainable

development provided by conventional project management methodologies, sustainability integration

at the project or operational level is important. If realized, it might improve the project’s reputation,

lower financial risks and potential lawsuits, and provide it with a competitive edge (Gunduz &

Almuajebh., 2020).

While PM tools can implement strategic plans, integrating sustainability into projects causes the

adoption of systems like Environmental and Social Management Systems that place equal emphasis

on the long- and short-term effects (Aghaegbuna et al., 2020). Since projects are temporary endeavors

and project management practices focus only on the project lifecycle (initiation, planning, execution,

control, and close-out), which once complete holds no continuing value for the organization,

integrating the long- and short-term orientation is frequently considered being stretching the domains

of project management. It can achieve strategic alignment by concentrating on the asset, the project’s

final deliverable, which includes the product or service created by the asset and their respective

lifecycles, besides the project lifecycle (Tan et al., 2020). From the standpoint of strategic alignment,
the line separating the permanent and temporary organizations is getting thinner, especially in project-

based organizations where initiatives start investments whose rewards are only long-term realized.

Sustainable project planning is an integral part of the success of sustainable projects

throughout the life cycle of the project management process. When sustainable project management is

used with competent project planning, the industry may experience the success of sustainable projects.

It intimately correlates success with effective sustainable project planning and management

(Aghaegbuna et al., 2020). The planning of sustainable initiatives has a direct impact on their success.

It suggests that both sustainable project planning and management contribute to increased sustainable

project success for the manufacturing sector.

Integrating sustainability into businesses calls for the supply chain’s boundaries to be broken.

Stakeholder management is a crucial component of this element, and both the literature and

sustainable practices are placing more emphasis on it. Participation of stakeholders is essential for

understanding what makes up a sustainable process or result in a project or for developing the metrics

used to measure the sustainability of that project (Sembin et al., 2021). The emphasis on managing

stakeholders from a sustainability perspective is on seeking to balance their interests, and in particular,

balancing goals for personal economic benefit against social and environmental goals.

Projects in the public sector experience this tension between stakeholder goals more acutely

than projects in an organization, since the topics up for discussion in an organization are much larger

and more diverse, especially for sustainable development (Dong et al., 2021). Given the growing

emphasis on projects’ contributions to sustainable development, the relationship between

sustainability and project management can be understood in two ways: the sustainability of the

project’s product (the deliverable that the project realizes) and the sustainability of the project’s

process (the delivery and management of the project).

However, there is still a need to include sustainability (in its economic, environmental, and

social dimensions) into and operate within the project management function. One needs a thorough
understanding of all the many aspects of a project and how they interact to incorporate sustainable

issues into project management. It involves the management level of the organization and its

organizational procedures, which helps to improve the outcomes (Xiaolong et al., 2021). Companies

create multi-objective project criteria for their projects while considering the aforementioned key

elements, and then they reduce those criteria to a single target by applying the right weights under the

weighted sum approach. The important goal of achieving sustainability in project management

ensures value and advantages in overall operations (Toledo et al., 2021). Three fundamental criteria,

including the environmental, economical, and social factors, can assess sustainability.

Given the enormous consequences of social and environmental variables of infrastructure

projects, the sustainability of the product and its development process is extremely important. When

infrastructure projects are dealing with societal changes and collaborating with people who have

various expectations and interests, sustainable project management becomes even more important

(Chow et al., 2021). Project management guarantees that the project’s goals are met, however for

sustainability in projects, more adaptable sustainability-oriented project management techniques

should be taken into consideration, particularly in project management of infrastructure projects.

For an infrastructure project to be sustainable, managerial control over the project’s execution

phase is crucial. Using sustainability should be appropriately considered during project execution,

project control methods, and consensus among project stakeholders (Xiaolong et al., 2021). The

development of project control procedures and practices to achieve overall sustainability in the project

targets, particularly in infrastructure delivery projects, has received much less attention from

researchers than sustainability-driven performance factors for project management.

Impacts of Sustainability

The concept of sustainability is becoming increasingly important for understanding the social,

economic, and environmental effects of how projects and the systems that support them are designed,

constructed, operated, maintained, and abandoned (Sembin et al., 2021). However, the lack of an
instrument for integrated analysis or a common framework and terminology for analyzing

sustainability leads to the absence of a useful project management approach. In contrast to a reactive

“paying the damage” strategy, a proactive approach to risk mitigation, such as investing in

sustainability and focusing on secondary stakeholders, provides more value for shareholders and

stakeholders (Dong et al., 2021). It is the simultaneous achievement of the goals of the biological,

economic, and social systems.

The biological system’s goals are to maximize genetic diversity, biological resilience, and

biological productivity. The economic system’s goals are to meet basic needs, promote equality, and

foster the growth of useful goods and services (Toledo et al., 2021). Integrating a sustainability

viewpoint into project management calls for a more open and proactive involvement of stakeholders,

as well as a more comprehensive understanding of project stakeholder management. Specifically, it

requires several values. A management for stakeholder approach is based on principles like justice and

transparency.

In order to achieve benefits for stakeholders, sustainability in project management entails

planning, monitoring, and controlling project delivery and support processes while considering the

environmental, economic, and social aspects of the life-cycle of the project’s resources, processes,

deliverables, and effects (Chow et al., 2021). This is done in a transparent, ethical manner that actively

involves stakeholders. Sustainability assessments need specific data about a project’s key

sustainability factors in order to provide help during the decision-making process in a way that is open

to all stakeholders involved. Businesses are strongly motivated to incorporate sustainability into their

plans and daily operations by the chance of achieving sustainable development goals. These factors,

along with the knowledge of the rising convergence of public and private interests, drive long-term

corporate strategy.

In recent years, it has implemented sustainable development at various levels of society, and

projects used as tools for change have a significant impact on sustainable development. It is crucial to
understand how to translate theory into reality because sustainability is one of the most crucial factors

that must be considered in decision-making at various levels of project-oriented companies (Wang et

al., 2022). The concept of including sustainability into project management draws attention to the

complexity of professional PM, both from a technical and managerial perspective. This is because the

project manager must deal with organizational issues that are out of their control. Implementing

choices and policies aimed at sustainability in the projects is a key component of sustainable project

management (Zakrzewska et al., 2022). The human resources department of the business decides

regarding company policies and implements them.

Role of Sustainability in Project Management

More than merely introducing a fresh perspective or component to the procedures and formats

of the existing project management standards is how sustainability affects project management.

Projects become more complex as new perspectives are added to their analysis. Therefore, project

management requires a more comprehensive and less formulaic approach. The typical project

management paradigm of controlling time, budget, and quality assumes a level of predictability and

control that is not reasonable considering changes that are considered from a broad and long-term

viewpoint (Foroutan Mirhosseini et al., 2022). It is probably difficult to monitor and completely

understand these changes and their effects. As a result, integrating sustainability requires a significant

change in project management, from one that prioritizes predictability and controllability of both the

process and the output to one that prioritizes flexibility, complexity, and opportunity.

Project managers establish their relationship with the project sponsor as a subordinate one and

direct their project team under the demands of the stakeholders on scope, stakeholders, deliverables,

budget, risks, and resources (Mohammad & Pan., 2022). However, project managers are in an

excellent position to contribute significantly to the adoption of sustainability concepts by businesses

and organizations. By accepting this obligation, project managers change their position within the
profession. Project managers must become experts in sustainable development in order to integrate

sustainability, and they must interact with stakeholders as peers and partners (Shaukat et al., 2022).

Many businesses have incorporated sustainability into their organizational structure, but doing

so in a way that actually affects day-to-day operations presents significant theoretical and practical

challenges. Several various strategies to tackle this are offered by the state of research today (Shaukat

et al., 2022). One strategy is to incorporate sustainability into project management, a field that is

increasing at the heart of daily operations in most organizations. Although project management and

sustainability are topics of greater public interest, there are some significant differences between the

theoretical foundations of the two, as we aim to show.

Role of sustainability impact analysis in Project Management

Sustainability is a chance to create synergies or to boost the competitiveness and market value

of an organizational structure, such as a project. It is viewed as a possibility for financial success, as

an economic benefit, or as an investment to cut costs. Sustainability is frequently considered to more

effectively achieve the actual organizational or project goal, which means the traditional project

management approach will continue to be used (Wang et al., 2022). However, there are other more

benefits that can result from sustainability, including decreased waste production, increased energy

efficiency, enhanced compliance, competitive advantage, improved financial returns, and greater

access to capital, as well as better budget management. The management of sustainability in

conventional project management results from the interpretations of the function of sustainability as a

constraint and as an instrumental value.

Sustainability that is a restriction would be handled as a potential danger or problem, whereas

they would handle sustainability that is a benefit and is realized through a business case for

sustainability as an advantage or benefit (Mohammad & Pan., 2022). On the other side, when

sustainability is perceived as having intrinsic value, it becomes the most important aspect of a project,

is associated with project success, has a strong business case, and leads to sustainable project
management. There is no short-term trend in the development of these many interpretations; rather, it

has remained comparatively steady throughout time.

Sustainability is a participatory process that develops a vision of a community that respects

and wisely uses natural resources. This is necessary to ensure that the current generation has a high

level of economic security, democracy, and popular participation in the control of their communities

while maintaining the integrity of the ecological systems and of life (Foroutan Mirhosseini et al.,

2022). Sustainability is a pressing issue since project operations, especially intricate ones, consume a

significant number of resources and disrupt daily life in the neighborhood.

Regardless of the project’s end goal (e.g., an infrastructure project that considers measures to

minimize disruption to nearby communities), a project can incorporate sustainable metrics into

procedures and practices of PM. It can also aim to deliver something sustainable, regardless of how it

uses PM processes (Zakrzewska et al., 2022). It is becoming more common for businesses and

professional associations to promote and employ sustainable project management approaches, which

encourage project management experts to receive training and certification in these sustainable

methodologies. These steps can help support the goal by ensuring that sustainability is no longer

viewed as incidental to project management.

According to project management viewpoints, sustainability fosters a sense of community that

values the wise use of resources so that the community can attain a high level of economic security

and full involvement. The project uses resources to create the deliverables that were planned.

Resources management is a crucial aspect of project management. In project management,

sustainability refers to the persistence of project effects beyond completion. Social, economic, and

environmental issues simply explain sustainability for project management (Foroutan Mirhosseini et

al., 2022). Researchers’ perspectives on project management and sustainability have altered because

of the increased focus on sustainable project management for community projects. Project

management has been significantly affected by sustainability in community-based activities

sustainability in project management.

Role of Sustainability to uplift competitive potential in an organization

Projects are critical in the transition to a more sustainable society. Sustainability is being

incorporated into business plans, processes, and actions. In order to implement strategy, projects are

essential. Thus, the connection between sustainability and project management is being discussed in a

growing number of studies and publications, and sustainability may be one of the most recent trends

in project management (Hasnain & Pasha., 2022). The studies on project management sustainability

and what is really done, however, still differ. The client’s demand in the project may be a logical

enabler for the consideration of sustainability in projects, though the supplier’s strategy may also be

an enabler of sustainability.

Organizations are seen as the next level of integration of sustainable development to contribute

to and support the national sustainable development agenda. Sustainable development can be

implemented at the strategic, process, and operational levels. Integration takes place at the strategic

level in the mission, vision, and strategy of the business (Zakrzewska et al., 2022). The continuation

of sustainable project planning can be aided by sustainable project management, demonstrating the

manufacturing company's success with sustainable projects. Sustainability must be incorporated into

project planning processes to ensure the project management process and planning. This study defines

sustainable project planning (SPP) as having three main components: work consensus, managerial

control, and risk response.

The project planning process considers all the project’s activities, timeline, costs, and

resources that are scheduled throughout the project life cycle of the corporate organization. A key

component of gauging sustainable project planning is the management control, project task, method,

and risk mitigation strategy (Mohammad & Pan., 2022). A project that advances in a way that meets
the needs of the present is said to be successful. This study examines project efficiency, stakeholders,

team, business success, future planning, and sustainability to assess the manufacturing firm’s

sustainable project success. The long-term viability of a project depends on the economic benefits and

expenses of any proposed government action or business plan (Zakrzewska et al., 2022).

The company’s stakeholder, efficiency, planning, and teamwork for future business success

are all examples of sustainable project success. Project planning is the significant element in the PM

process and ensuring long-term project success in the firm. Companies’ incentives for developing

sustainability programs are not only focused on solidarity (Hasnain & Pasha., 2022). Sustainability

not only improves the environment and society, but it also increases the economic value of

organizations. It includes considering economic development without also considering environmental

protection and the alternative benefits to society.

One fundamental principle of sustainability is that economic prosperity is inextricably linked

to people's wellbeing and environmental protection. By simultaneously analyzing affects and how

they contribute to corporate goals, portfolio selection enables the selection of the project mix

(Alexandre Achache., 2022). After choosing a portfolio, monitoring works to oversee project

execution and make adjustments because of variances from initial projections. Both selection and

monitoring are referred to as optimization issues. According to the authors, there is a great deal of

opportunity for operationally fusing project management and sustainability. Some businesses have

taken the lead in figuring out how to benefit from the sustainability concept.

Organizations are becoming more and more aware of the potential environmental and social

effects of the decisions they make about products and practices. A variety of external forces, such as

those from environmental organizations and the social consciences of workers, consumers, and

communities, have been exerted on private-sector decision-makers within this changing framework

(Foroutan Mirhosseini et al., 2022). The need to satisfy corporate shareholders with a reasonable

return on investment and the firm’s long-term viability must be weighed against these demands.
Concepts of business sustainability show that sustainability may be viewed as an optimization tool for

sustaining a business while also making a profit.

In order to be sustainable, a company must balance its short- and long-term corporate goals, as

well as its social, environmental, and economic interests. It must also reduce risk while demonstrating

ethical principles, moral commitment, transparency, and accountability to its stakeholders. Such

sustainability components would add to project value by boosting output quality, increasing

productivity, profitability, lowering life-cycle costs, and enhancing business (Hasnain & Pasha.,

2022). Working organizations are under growing stakeholder scrutiny to embrace sustainability

practices and show accountability while conducting business, with management and project execution.

As a result, it may be claimed that incorporating sustainability into project operations is essential for

good project management and project success.

The analysis and resolution of sustainability issues in every aspect of the business are urgently

needed in order to establish a long and profitable corporate life, considering the continual

development of uncertainties and the scarcity of natural resources (Alexandre Achache., 2022).

Project management is generally expected to represent the efforts made by organizations to employ

more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices in their projects. Normal project management

and sustainable project management are not the same in several ways. However, it is currently

believed that the situation is more complicated and that three important factors—social,

environmental, and economic—should be considered reasonably. The traditional project management

“iron triangle” focuses on time, budget, and scope (relative to quality).

Sustainability principles affect projects and project management shows how these principles

alter the management scope of the project. Throughout the whole project life cycle, organizations and

project managers are accountable for the results of their work. Projects can help the sustained growth

of organizations. Therefore, it should be expected that project management and projects themselves

will incorporate sustainability themes (Alexandre Achache., 2022). The inference is that, even while
some sustainability-related traits are incorporated into the various project management standards,

integrating sustainability in projects and project management is not yet fully accepted.

The growing body of research on incorporating sustainability concepts into projects and

project management shows that the project manager will always play a determining or influencing

role. This is true even if each project’s actual sustainability obligation may differ. Therefore, the

profession of project management should also assume responsibility for a more sustainable future

(Mohammad & Pan., 2022). The important goal of achieving sustainability in project management

ensures value and advantages in overall operations. Three fundamental criteria, including the

environmental, economical, and social factors, can assess sustainability. Given the enormous

consequences of social and environmental variables of infrastructure projects, product sustainability

and its procedure of development is extremely important.

When infrastructure projects are dealing with societal changes and collaborating with people

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et al., 2022). For an infrastructure project to be sustainable, managerial control over the project’s

execution phase is crucial. The use of sustainability should be appropriately considered during project

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