Ki-Joon Back is leader of hospitality education in both teaching and research: Multiple research award winners and developed numerous students: World Top 2% Most Cited Scientists for Entire Career by Stanford University; the World Top 1% of scientists in the Business and Management Section by [...]; elected National Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi, faculty member. He has published over 170 manuscripts, book chapters, and proceedings in the area of hospitality and tourism research (consumer behaviors, gambling-related research). He has received over 28 research awards at the international level of conferences and journals, including the highest research achievement award in the hospitality and tourism discipline, the ICHRIE Lifetime Research Achievement Award and the Founder's Award for the Lifetime Hospitality Graduate Education. Ki-Joon founded the Consortium of Global Sustainability, including 68 global academic members in 17 countries ([...]); and serves as a managing editor, associate editor, guest editor, and editorial board member of top- tier hospitality and tourism journals

Introduction, Section I: Development of ESG in Various Industries, 1. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), 2. The Shape of ESG in the Food and Beverage Industry, 3. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practices in the Hotel Industry, 4. ESG Practices in the Luxury Tourism Sector, 5. ESG issues in the MICE industry, 6. Navigating the Future: Sustainability and ESG Initiatives in the Integrated Casino Resort Industry, Section II: Employee Wellbeing, 7. ESG Management and Employee Performance and Workplace Well-Being, 8. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Applications in Achieving Environmental, Social, and Governance Goals, Section III. ESG as Strategies, 9. The Next Step of ESG-Driven Digital Transformation in Hospitality Management: Conceptualization and An Integrated Framework of Corporate Digital Responsibility, 10. The strategic decision to create shared value (CSV) from the lens of the ESG - sustainable development model in the hospitality industry, Section IV: ESG in Destination Management, 11. Lessons for Destination Management from the ESG movement, 12. Practicing sustainability in hospitality and tourism businesses: A stakeholders' approach, 13. ESG in Tourism Development: Unveiling Thailand's Local Economic Landscapes from Geospatial Data, 14. ESG strategies in Croatian tourism - assessing the impact of tourism development