The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as global sustainability goals, are more than just lofty ideals; they are apractical roadmap towards a better world endorsed by the United Nations. These goals don't reside in a distant future; they demand immediate attenti...
Background Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires health financing reforms (HFR) in many of the countries. HFR are inherently political. The sustainable development goals (SDG) declaration provides a global political commitment context that can influence HFR for UHC at national level. ...
With 193 governments agreeing to deliver 17 goals tackling major world issues by 2030, change lies ahead for business, not only to rethink strategy and business behaviour to align with the goals, but also to assess and evidence their impact.
The UN's Sustainable Development Goals Report from 2017 cites that "the rate of progress in many areas is far slower than needed to meet the targets by 2030," flagging the urgency to accelerate action. While working hard towards achieving global goals, how can we prevent over-claiming? Aligni...
With sustainability now at the center of many business models and strategies, SDG roadmaps can be used as a tool to help sectors lead, innovate, and challenge their approaches to shape a more sustainable future. As we enter a critical make-or-break “Decade of Action” to deliver the S...
The journey towards meeting the SDG goals has hits its halfway point, but still not enough data to measure what progress is being made.
Summary Consumers are increasingly adopting sustainability values and behaviors, and they expect businesses to take the lead on sustainability issues. The SDGs provide a framework, and many consumer-facing companies are aligning to those goals where they can make the most difference. But the targets ...
“check-up” of their ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Focusing on the SDG#11, cities have to face challenges to be acknowledged as “smart”, also in relation to their cultural heritage management. The call for the sustainable use of cultural heritage has been stressed, ...
There are many valuable ESG rating initiatives around the globe––from various players––and this is clearly a reason to be optimistic. Yet we are no longer naive. There is no equivalent to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) when it comes to ESG, and rating providers may be...
3.3.4 Decent work issues related to SDG 8 While creating many new job opportunities (cooks, delivery riders, IT engineers, etc.), the online meal-delivery industry has also exerted considerable impacts on upstream and downstream segments across the supply chain (manufacturing of disposable tableware...