Industrial development is supposed the main engine for economic growth, social development. Nevertheless, manufacturing sectors are directly and indirectly responsible for a large share of overall environmental pressures thus, it was a very important issue to improve the balance between environment, social and economic requirements to ensure sustainability, especially to establish a good sustainable industrial area that could improve balancing between sustainability pillars. Thus,  this paper review environmental pressures (directly or indirectly) that could generate from the industrial sector in both developed and developing countries.