(NMS) Institut für angewandte Arbeitswissenschaft (ifaa), ifaa-Lexikon, "Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement" ([Internet, 2025-07-09](https://www.arbeitswissenschaft.net/angebote-produkte/ifaa-lexikon/nachhaltigkeitsmanagement)); (NHMS) Industrie- und Handelskammer für Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Oberhausen zu Essen, Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement-System (NHMS) aufbauen und implementieren ([Internet, 2025-07-09](https://www.ihk.de/meo/standortpolitik/corporate-social-responsibility-csr/nachhaltigkeit/nhm-5546070))
UNEP, Integrating Sustainability into Business: an implementation guide for responsible tourism coordinators, 2005, p. 8 ([Internet, 2025-07-09](https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/8394/-Integrating%20sustainability%20into%20business_%20an%20implementation%20guide%20for%20responsible%20tourism%20coordinators-2005BusinessImplement.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y))
To ensure that all impacts are addressed in a comprehensive, structured and systematic manner, a company can create a sustainability management system (SMS) that covers all areas of responsibility, including internal management, product development and management, supply chain management, customer relations and co-operation with destinations.
USG: often written in upper case: Sustainability Management System