An eco-industrial park can be defined as “a community of manufacturing and service businesses located together on a common property. Member businesses seek enhanced environmental, economic, and social performance through collaboration in managing environmental and resource issues. In this regard, compliance with national and local regulations is the baseline for all industrial parks.

In short, the eco-industrial parks are about creating more resource-efficient and cost-effective industrial parks which are more competitive, attractive for investment and risk resilient.

These SDGs are applicable to eco-industrial parks and the development of an international framework for their use: