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Jun 9, 2022 · Much like digital transformation, driving sustainability requires organizations to transform every division of their business. Today, sustainability should be an integral part of developing corporate strategy. Sustainability for organizations plays out across three areas, in the now well-known acronym for Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG).
Sep 16, 2015 · The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – part of a wider 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These eight goals, set by the United Nations back in 2000 to eradicate poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease, expire at the end of this year. Figure 1: The Millennium Development Goals
Aug 4, 2015 · In September, the United Nations’ General Assembly is set to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a highly anticipated event in global development. The Open Working Group has been crafting a comprehensive package of goals and targets that can drive global efforts towards a sustainable and poverty-free world by 2030.
Nov 22, 2021 · The Global Roadmap aims to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7 – one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the UN General Assembly in 2015. It pledges to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” by 2030.
Feb 24, 2022 · Typically, developing and implementing sustainability plans is a top-down process, but meeting ambitious goals requires engaging the entire team because solutions will need to come from all directions. Commitment and applied focus come when an organization goes beyond talking about goals to creating a culture that supports change.
Sep 16, 2021 · Supporting developing countries in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. Promoting a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the WTO, as well as increasing developing countries’ exports and realizing duty-free and quota-free market access for lease developed countries (LDCs).
The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests.
Sep 16, 2015 · Columbia and Guatemala proposed goals to follow on from the Millennium Development Goals, set up in 2000 to halve poverty by 2015. Poverty, as measured by living on less than $1.25 a day, has halved. Setting goals works – in a complex world, organizations and countries can align their agendas and prioritize funding.
Apr 20, 2023 · To limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C and as close as possible to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, it is essential that businesses, policy-makers, and civil society advance comprehensive near- and long-term climate actions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Jan 19, 2022 · Digital strategy and sustainability are increasingly important and increasingly intertwined. In a recent survey of 400 executives from various industries and regions conducted by Bain & Company and the World Economic Forum, 40% of respondents said they believe digital technologies are already having a positive impact on their sustainability goals.
