The BusinessGreen SDG Hub
The BusinessGreen Sustainable Development Goals Hub
Supported by BNP Paribas, the BusinessGreen SDG Hub provides exclusive in-depth news, analysis, and opinion on how the United Nations' sustainable development goals are shaping the global economy and driving international business trends.
The collaboration and partnership at the heart of SDG 17 can is crucial to building back better after Covid-19, argues We Mean Business CEO Maria Mendiluce
To build back better from Covid-19, strong institutions will be foundational
We should double down on creating stronger, smarter, more resilient global institutions as we recovery from the pandemic, argues the Center for Global Development's Masood Ahmed
SDG17: How to partner in pursuit of sustainability
SDG17 calls on businesses and governments to actively partner in order to deliver sustainable development goals, but doing so is easier said than done
Thai Union, SDG17, and the case for collaboration
The seafood giant explains how partnerships are at the heart of its Sustainable Development Goal strategy
SDG17, coronavirus, and the battle for a collaborative future
SDG17's vision of a sustainable future driven by cross-border partnerships has been under siege for the past four years, but is a change coming in the way governments and businesses tackle global challenges?
How Covid-19 is refocussing sustainable finance
A broader focus of sustainable finance is needed to support sustainable business models covering both environmental and social elements, argues Constance Chalchat from BNP Paribas CIB
SDG16: Six top tips for delivering peace, justice, and strong institutions
Many businesses will conclude that SDG16 is mainly the preserve of governments, but there are tangible steps companies can take to help deliver on its crucial targets
SDG16: Fostering peace, justice and strong institutions in a world under duress
SDG16 calls for the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies and accountable and inclusive institutions – its goals have never felt more important
SDG15: Life on Land
All BusinessGreen's coverage on SDG15 and the global effort to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and halt biodiversity loss
Cohabiting with a virus: We must learn to live life on land more sustainably
The current pandemic crisis offers a chance to reimagine our approaches to managing natural resources, argues Martin Noponen of the Rainforest Alliance
SDG15: How carbon offsets are protecting forests - and changing lives
Corporate investment in carbon offsets is helping to fund a project in West Africa that is delivering on multiple Sustainable Development Goals through its protection of precious forest habitats and its services for local communities
SDG15: How can businesses best protect life on land?
From natural capital accounting and nature based solutions to vertical farming and net zero strategies, a suite of policies are emerging to help businesses support SDG15 and protect life on land
SDG15: The fight for life on land
Progress on protecting life on land has been agonisingly slow, as deforestation and habitat loss has accelerated, but hopes remain that a step change in global land management can yet be engineered
Why BASF, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Colgate-Palmolive view the SDGs as an innovation catalyst
Top corporates reveal how the SDGs can deliver a lot more than a burnished reputation
The case for a Fish-Free February
Ensuring a thriving underwater ecosystem is a key part of the SDG14 agenda - here Simon Hillbourne of the Fish-Free February campaign argues cutting fish from diets can help highlight the importance of sealife to the planet
SDG14: Life Below Water
All BusinessGreen's coverage on SDG14 and the global effort to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
SDG14: Could electric ferries power up a new era of greener shipping?
From Scandinavia to South East Asia Danfoss is charting a course towards zero emission shipping
Is Fish-Free February set to become the new Veganuary?
Ocean charities hope to replicate the success of Veganuary campaign with new challenge for consumers to consume no fish in February
SDG14: How to develop a cleaner ocean strategy
From nurturing ocean carbon sinks to encouraging marine clean tech, there are steps all businesses can take to accelerate progress towards SDG14
SDG14: Navigating an ocean of risks and opportunities
The seas are warmer than at any point in human history and life under water is facing myriad threats, but there are still reasons to hope the Sustainable Development Goal focused on the world's oceans can be met
Accounting bodies call for urgent overhaul of corporate SDG reporting
'Without companies aligning their business models and operations with the SDGs - they simply won't be achieved' experts warn
SDG13: Climate Action
All BusinessGreen's reporting on SDG13, the goal to drive action on climate change
'Little evidence of joined up thinking': How firms are missing out on the benefits of the UN sustainability agenda
Firms are failing to place the SDGs at the core of their strategies, despite sizeable benefits for addressing risk and innovation, PwC analysis suggests
SDG13: Sustainable Development and the climate emergency
It is the most challenging and the most essential of all the Sustainable Development Goals - and businesses have a critical role to play in determining whether or not it can be met
Could climate action unlock a decade of SDG delivery?
If the latest analysis of business reporting on the SDGs is anything to go by, action on climate change feels like a box some of us leave hanging around, never opening and unpacking it properly - but yet it contains the keys to unlocking progress on so...
SDG13 Top Tips: How to embed the goal for climate action into the heart of your business
From science-based targets to the current vogue for net zero goals, here's how to kick off ambitious climate action in business
SDG12: Sustainable production and consumption
All BusinessGreen's reporting on SDG12, the goal to drive a circular economy
Why green buildings make for better investments
Investing in greener buildings and offices delivers significant financial, environmental and wellbeing returns, argues BNP Paribas Real Estate UK CEO Andy Martin
SDG12: How do we achieve a better future for all?
A more circular economy can help us hit SDG12 and many of the UN goals, argues Joss Bleriot from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
'Wake-up call': Europe off track on all Sustainable Development Goals, report warns
UN-backed assessment urges incoming EU Commission to place the SDG agenda front and centre of its policies and investment strategies