The global economic development from the last 3 decades was performed mostly by irrational using and drastically reducing of available resources. Maximizing the economic growth, a promoted tendency subsequent the industrial revolution, can no longer be sustained by our planet, while ignoring the environmental and social issues. In this regard, each State must implement all necessary measures to support sustainable development and any investment effort must contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, taking into consideration all its 3 dimensions: economic, social and ecological. This paper aims to present and analyze the factors that influence and determine the inclusion of sustainable development investments in projects financed by European funds, following an extensive survey conducted among 577 beneficiaries of the most accessed European financing programmes, including through developing specific regression models.
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