The concept of sustainability emerged from a series of meetings and reports in the 1970s and 1980s, and was largely
motivated by environmental incidents and disasters as well as fears about chemical contamination and resource
depletion. As pointed out in the 1987 Brundtland Report, Our Common Future [2]. Sustainable manufacturing has
evolved beyond the life cycle view. [3] Traces the evolution of sustainable manufacturing initiatives from traditional
pollution control through cleaner production initiatives, to a lifecycle view, to the establishment of closed loop
production.