The seaports industry is an industry that produces voluminous negative externalities on the local and regional level, and is also affected by the challenges of climate change. To improve the dimensions of the sustainability – economic, social or ecological dimensions for cleaner production - on an industry level, there is a need to build an inter-organizational network. In this paper, we apply a virtual learning model for the setup of an interorganizational network (ION) for sustainable development in the ports industry, which offers a unique context of high stakeholder complexity and conflict. The value of this paper is that it builds on previous research on the role of the net broker function for triple bottom line transitions through an action research project for the creation of an ION for sustainable development. We furthermore provide managerial recommendations for the setup of such networks.

海港产业是在地方和地区层面产生大量负面外部效应的产业，并且还受到气候变化挑战的影响。为了提高可持续性的维度（清洁生产的经济，社会或生态维度），需要在行业层面上建立组织间网络。在本文中，我们将虚拟学习模型用于建立组织间网络（ION）以实现港口行业的可持续发展，该模型提供了利益相关者高度复杂和冲突的独特环境。本文的价值在于，它基于先前关于净经纪人功能在三重底线过渡中的作用的研究，该研究通过一项行动研究项目来创建可持续发展的ION。