How Your Company Can Advance Each of the SDGs
Responsible business and investment – rooted in universal principles – will be essential to achieving transformational change through the SDGs. For companies, successful implementation will strengthen the enabling environment for doing business and building markets around the world.
Below you will find links to important initiatives and resources of the UN Global Compact – and in some instances of other like-minded organizations – to guide companies and other stakeholders to action-oriented platforms and tools that support SDG implementation.
It is important to note that in many instances a specific initiative or resource has relevancy to more than one SDG, reflecting the cross-cutting nature of today’s issues and challenges. In an effort to simplify the table a given initiative or resource has been matched with a primary and/or select number of SDG(s). This table is meant to be an evolving resource and additional links to other relevant resources will be added in the future. Overview of the SDGs.
Zero Hunger
| Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture |
Good Health and Well-being
| Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages |
Quality Education
| Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all |
Gender Equality
| Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls |
Clean Water and Sanitation
| Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all |
Affordable and Clean Energy
| Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all |
Decent Work and Economic Growth
| Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all |
Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
| Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation |
Reduced Inequalities
| Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries |
Sustainable Cities and Communities
| Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable |
Responsible Consumption and Production
| Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns |
Climate Action
| Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts |
Life Below Water
| Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development |
Life on Land
| Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss |
Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
| Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels |
Partnerships for the Goals
| Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development |