The sustainable development paradigm presents a challenge to companies that conduct cutting edge research and endeavor to create new, distinctive and products and services. It also challenges the markets and society for which new products and services are destined and which cultural value systems and political frameworks shape. Based on the fact that future technologies will stimulate more sustainable business, the challenge of really integrating sustainability thinking into business processes is significant. The central question is how companies can capture the business potential of sustainable development and integrate economic, social and environmental criteria into their strategic decisions, particularly those related to technological management. In this context, the thesis provides a conceptual model of strategic management of technology towards corporate sustainability, arguing that the integration of sustainability thinking, as an opportunity, into research and development - R&D and innovation processes is in its best business interests. The thesis provides an understanding of sustainable development thinking in business, and discusses the contribution that sociotechnical, adaptive planning and organizational learning approaches can make towards an effective implementation of sustainable technology development in business context. A conceptual model is proposed and validated through a twoyear long research-action project carried out within a large energy company in Brazil - Petrobras. Like many others action research projects, it is situationally unique, but the general elements of the model and the methods used can be replicated by companies of other industrial sectors. It is also believed that dissemination of the proposed model can contribute to important organizational changes related to current technological management practices in industry.