Progress in achieving sustainable industrial development – the case of the Czech Republic and Poland

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to clarify the concept of sustainable industrial development and present the results of a study on the progress in achieving goals in this field adopt- ed by the United Nations (UN) in 2015. The research covered the Czech and Polish economies in the period 2000–2018. Under the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sus- tainable Development, the need to promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation was identified. In the context of sustainable industrial development, it is emphasised that it should encourage a competitive economy, create employment, and protect the environment by efficiently utilising non-renewable resources. To assess this phenom- enon in the analysed economies, indicators identified by the UN under SDG9 were used.