Sviluppo sostenibile e diritto del lavoro

This thesis aims to investigate the concept of sustainable development, with an overview of the concept’s evolutionary stages, in order to get its intrinsic characteristics and to understand the different meaning it has in its three fundamental pillars (environmental, economic and social). After investigating the sustainable development roots and critics in economic theories, an overview of the legislation and case law references to this concept, both at the national and international level, is offered. The reconstruction of the doctrinal debate on the theme of sustainable development follows, and some examples of sustainable development practical application (TTIP, CSR, GSP and Horizontal Social Clause) are analyzed. Finally a reflection on the similarities between this paradigm and the labour law and on the future potential relations between sustainable development and labour law is proposed.