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 THE GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND GOALS

This category will help you understand the Global Goals and how you and your organisation can contribute to build a better future. You will also find examples of how companies have so far approached the SDGs as a market opportunity. It is indeed time for us all to step up to this critical decade of action to build better businesses and a better future.


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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a call for action by all countries  to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. They recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social needs, while tackling climate change and environmental protection. 

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. Here is an official UN video which takes you through all 17 SDGs.

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Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governments of the world think we can. Michael Green invites us to imagine how the SDGs can be achieved.

 

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In this data-packed talk, Michael Green shares his analysis on the steps each country has (or hasn't) made toward these Sustainable Development Goals - and offers new ideas on what needs to change so we can achieve them.

 

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In a talk about how we can build a robust future without wrecking the planet, Johan Rockström shares a new methodology that combines the UN Sustainable Development Goals with the nine planetary boundaries and five transformational policies.

 

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Costanza Consolandi and Robert G. Eccles (2018) discuss how it is possible for business to be both sustainable and profitable — but some sectors have a smoother path than others by sharing a three-step process to achieve the SDGs.

 

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Mark R. Kramer , Rishi Agarwal and Aditi Srinivas (2019) discuss the question whether companies are advancing serious solutions towards the 17 SDGs or are simply embarking on a massive global public relations charade. Unfortunately their research points to the latter.

 

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Felipe Monteiro (2020) discusses how risk-averse industries like the energy sector should use the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as the inspiration for new challenges and how a SDG approach to business can lead to record profits.

 

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The UN Global Compact is a voluntary initiative based on CEO commitments to implement universal sustainability principles to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals.

 

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The Global Opportunity Explorer is the world’s largest collection of vetted and verified sustainable solutions. The Explorer guides you through hundreds of sustainable solutions and market opportunities which address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

 

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-"To save the world we need everyone to tell everyone".
A short video and a very important message from Professor Stephen Hawking about the global goals and how it implies that each one of us contributes and seeks to make an impact for our shared humanity.