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The Business of the
Sustainable Development Goals
Peter White
Chief Operating Officer
Why is this important for business?
The World Business Council for Sustainable
Development (WBCSD) is a CEO-led organization
of forward-thinking companies that galvanizes the
global business community to create a sustainable
future for business, society and the environment.
Key Facts
200 Global
member
companies
$9tn Aggregate
revenue of
members
19m Employees
in WBCSD member
companies
67 Countries
Global Network
partners
Sustainable Development Goals
1. End poverty in all its forms
2. End hunger, achieve security & sustainable agriculture
11. Make cities & human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient,
sustainable
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
4. Ensure quality education and promote lifelong learning
13. Take urgent action to combat climate change
5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women & girls
14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine
6. Ensure availability and management of water & sanitation
7. Ensure access to sustainable modern energy
8. Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth
9. Build resilient infrastructure
10. Reduce inequality
resources
15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystems
16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable
development
17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize
global partnership for sustainable development
From MDGs ……..
The Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs)
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2000 – 2015
8 goals
21 targets
Developed with
input mostly from
governments
……to the SDGs
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2016 – 2030
17 goals
169 targets
Developed with input
from governments,
CSOs, private sector,
international
organisations, and
other non-state actors
Vision 2050
9+ billion people
All living well
Within the boundaries
of the planet
Vision 2050:
87
TODAY
Starting with the science
Action2020 Priority Areas
Informed by
Stockholm
Resilience Centreled scientific
consultation
Informed by work
of international
organizations,
research
organizations and
the Action2020
Project Team
Action2020
Science-based actionable priorities
Facts
Priorities
Prioriti
Trends
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Must
Business
haves
solutions
Sustainable Development Goals
1. End poverty in all its forms
2. End hunger, achieve security & sustainable agriculture
11. Make cities & human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient,
sustainable
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
4. Ensure quality education and promote lifelong learning
13. Take urgent action to combat climate change
5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women &
14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine
girls
6. Ensure availability and management of water &
sanitation
7. Ensure access to sustainable modern energy
8. Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth
9. Build resilient infrastructure
10. Reduce inequality
resources
15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystems
16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable
development
17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize global
partnership for sustainable development
The implementation of the SDGs
- the role of the private sector?
• Why a role for the private sector in the implementation of the SDGs?
• What is that role?
• Why would companies be interested in playing such a role?
• What are global business organizations doing to engage companies
in the implementation of the SDGs?
What role for companies?
Role of Business in sustainable development not new:
• ILO Tripartite Declaration
• OECD Guidelines for MNEs
• UN Global Compact Principles
• UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Many businesses delivered against MDGs.
Delivery of SDGs will require involvement of all actors
SDGs provide both Opportunity and Responsibility
Concern both WHAT a company does, and HOW it does it.
Why would companies be interested in
implementation of the SDGs?
The SDGs:
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Provide global roadmap & momentum
Redirect & focus investment flows
Identify new markets
Define trends & future policies
Provide a common language
Opportunity to strengthen a company’s license to operate
Shared framework across all dimensions of SD
Platform for multi-stakeholder efforts & partnerships
What are global business organizations doing to engage
companies in the implementation of the SDGs?
• WBCSD; Aligning activities and measurements
• SDG Compass (UNGC, GRI, WBCSD)
• SDG Commission
SDG Compass
SDGs are perceived as important for business,
but there is an knowledge gap
How important are the
SDGs in informing your
business strategy? *
How well informed are
you about the SDG
process? *
2%
20%
43%
14%
55%
Critical for
strategy
process
66%
Very
informed
Broadly
aware
Hardly
aware
* Illustrative poll, results not assessed for statistical
significance
Source: Entry poll at SDG Compass plenary breakout session,
WBCSD Liaison Delegate Meeting, April 2015, Montreux
SDG Compass
Project objectives
Guide companies in impact
assessment, KPI selection
and goal setting to help
achieve the world’s
Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)
Partners
Development
Guide to be launched 26th
Sept. 2015
SDG Compass - 5 step model
1. Understand SDGs &
Commit to take action
2.
5.
Communicate
and Report
Assess SDG
impacts and
define
priorities
4. Implement
goals
3.
Set Goals
A guide for business
Impact assessment
(relevance + materiality)
Existing tools and methodologies to
understand impact mapped against
SDGs
KPI selection
Business Indicators mapped
against SDGs and targets
Goal setting and
communication
Ambitious goals and
effective communication
SDG Compass
Consultation
Jul 2015: Public consultation
Please find 2nd draft at:
www.sdgcompass.org
Launch event
• UNHQ, NYC, 26th September 2015
Deliverables
• SDG Compass Guide for Business
• Online resources:
o Business Indicators mapped
against SDGs
o Impact Assessment Tools mapped
against SDGs
Helping make more sustainable companies more successful
WBCSD Strategy
ACTION2020
TO REACH SOCIETAL MUSTHAVES
Business Solutions
PRIORITY AREAS
Today
Improve Business Case
Survey
Hvad sker der på bæredygtighed og
business i de kommende år?
Giv os dit besyv med - svar inden kl. 15
Efter pausen - Find din Break out session
1. Bæredygtighed som driver for innovation og forretningsudvikling
Tietgensalen – højre side midt på på Børsgangen
2. Partnerskaber for bæredygtig udvikling og bæredygtig business
Komitésalen – venstre side nederst på Børsgangen
3. Mål og måling af effekt inden for bæredygtighed
Børssalen
PAUSE OG NETWORKING
Vi ses til break out sessions kl 14.40
BREAK OUT 3
Mål og måling af effekt
inden for bæredygtighed
MÅL OG
MÅLING
AF EFFEKT
- INDEN FOR BÆREDYGTIGHED
Birgitte Mogensen & Pernille Risgaard
7. september, 2015
Om mål og måling af effekt
• Konkrete mål skaber
retning - og driver
handling
• Fokus flytter sig fra
input og output til
resultater og effekt –
for virksomheden og
for samfundet
• Krav og forventninger
øges
7. september, 2015
Side 32
I dag
stiller vi skarpt på …
Fra SDG'erne til mål for virksomheder
Ole Lund Hansen, FN's Global Compact
Arla Foods' erfaringer med måling af
miljømæssig effekt
Jan Dalsgaard Johannesen, Arla Foods
Novo Nordisk's erfaringer med måling af
sundhedsmæssig og socialøkonomisk effekt
Yulia Ivanova, Novo Nordisk
7. september, 2015
Side 33
Dialog & spørgsmål
- om mål og måling af effekt inden for bæredygtighed
7. september, 2015
Side 34
Tak & nu …
er der pause
7. september, 2015
Side 35
PAUSE OG NETWORKING
Vær venligst på plads i Børssalen kl. 15.58
DEL 3:
KOMMUNIKATION OG RAPPORTERING AF BÆREDYGTIGHED
Bæredygtighed som kilde til innovation – effekt for Mærsk og samfundet
Annette Stube, Head of Group Sustainability, A.P. Møller - Mærsk
Uddeling af CSR Prisen 2015
Optakt ved Charlotte Jepsen, adm. direktør, FSR – danske revisorer
og Birgitte Mogensen, formand for CSR-udvalget, FSR - danske revisorer
Prisoverrækkelse ved H. K. H. Kronprinsessen
TAK FOR I DAG!