The SDG Summit: Opportunities to accelerate progress towards achieving the SDGs

The Green Economy Coalition emphasizes the need for the private sector to improve its reporting on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), noting that while 96% of the world's largest 250 companies produce sustainability reports, only 10% report against all 17 goals. The document advocates for governments to mandate sustainability reporting to track national policy success and stimulate sustainable investment, citing the SDG Corporate Tracker in Colombia as a successful model of public-private data collaboration.

• While sustainability reporting is widespread among the world's largest 250 companies, comprehensive reporting on all Sustainable Development Goals remains low; 96% of these companies produce reports, but only 10% report against all 17 SDGs.
• Current corporate sustainability reporting tends to be selective, focusing on goals that align with specific products and processes and emphasizing positive impacts while ignoring areas requiring improvement.
• Government mandates for private sector reporting on SDGs could help track the effectiveness of national policies and encourage investment in sustainable domestic industries.
• The SDG Corporate Tracker, a collaboration between GRI, the National Planning Department (DNP) of Colombia, and UNDP's Business Call to Action, serves as a model for using an online platform to assess corporate contributions to the SDGs.

APA

Adams, C. (2023). The SDG Summit: Opportunities to accelerate progress towards achieving the SDGs. Green Economy Coalition. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/the-sdg-summit-opportunities-to-accelerate-progress-towards-achieving-the-sdgs

Chicago

Adams, Carol. The SDG Summit: Opportunities to accelerate progress towards achieving the SDGs. Green Economy Coalition, 2023. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/the-sdg-summit-opportunities-to-accelerate-progress-towards-achieving-the-sdgs.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{adams2023sdg, author = {Adams, Carol}, title = {{The SDG Summit: Opportunities to accelerate progress towards achieving the SDGs}}, publisher = {Green Economy Coalition}, year = {2023}, month = sep, url = {https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/the-sdg-summit-opportunities-to-accelerate-progress-towards-achieving-the-sdgs}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }