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

The Green Economy Coalition highlights the second SDG Summit as a pivotal moment to accelerate progress toward the 2030 goals. While 96% of the world's largest 250 companies report on sustainability, only 10% cover all 17 SDGs. The statement advocates for government-mandated reporting and the use of tools like the SDG Corporate Tracker—a collaboration involving Colombia's National Planning Department and UNDP—to improve data quality and corporate accountability.

• The second Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit, held as part of the UN General Assembly in New York City, is described as a critical moment for global leaders, policymakers, and the private sector to discuss progress and initiate a phase of accelerated actions leading up to 2030.
• A 2022 KPMG study indicates that 96% of the world's 250 largest companies produce sustainability reports based on accepted standards, and 70% of those use the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards.
• Despite reporting trends, only 10% of the world's largest 250 companies report against all 17 SDGs, with most companies focusing on a few goals aligned with their processes and emphasizing positive impacts while neglecting areas needing improvement.
• The document suggests that governments should mandate private sector reporting on the SDGs to track the success of national policies and encourage investments in sustainable domestic industries.
• The SDG Corporate Tracker is an online platform aligned with GRI Standards, created through a collaboration between GRI, the National Planning Department (DNP) of Colombia, and UNDP's Business Call to Action to streamline the assessment of 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} }