Sustainable Development Goals: Essential for Businesses and People!

*With information from the United Nations Brazil

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global call to action to end poverty, protect the environment and climate, and ensure that people everywhere in the world can enjoy peace and prosperity. Below are the objectives set by the United Nations for achieving the 2030 Agenda in Brazil. Check them out.

1. End poverty – End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
2. Zero Hunger and Sustainable Agriculture – End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.
3. Good Health and Well-being – Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
4. Quality Education – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
5. Gender Equality – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
6. Clean Water and Sanitation – Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
7. Affordable and Clean Energy – Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth – Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all.
9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure – Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation.
10. Reduced Inequalities – Reduce inequality within and among countries.
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
12. Responsible Consumption and Production – Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
13. Climate Action – Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
14. Life Below Water – Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.
15. Life on Land – Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss.
16. Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions – Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.
17. Partnerships for the Goals – Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

Therefore, we realize how important it is for these objectives to be implemented in businesses as soon as possible. And we are not only talking about good business practices here but also about the entire team – who also benefits. We at Fiorde Group take pride in saying that we are constantly thinking about new ESG actions that become part of our employees’ daily lives.

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