Aligning your business

with the Sustainable

Development Goals

Members’ Meeting

13 June 2018

Bernadette Phelan Head of Advisory Services

Meet your network peers

Building a Sustainable Future

Welcome

Claire Bergin Manager Corporate Social Responsibility

The Evolving Responsible

Business Network

A Growing Network

Business Impact

Our Members: A Network of Leading Organisations

Our Board

Ronan Murphy,

Chairman

Margot Slattery, Country

President, Sodexo Irel

Tony Hanway,

CEO, Virgin Media Irel

Kyran Johnson, GM Janssen

Supply Chain Irel

John Reynolds, Cairn Homes

plc (Chairman)

Siobhán Masterson,

Head of Corporate Affairs, Ibec

Aengus McClean Senior Vice

President AOL Networks

Richard George,

KMPG Former Partner

George O’Connor, Managing Director, Ireland, Enterprise

Holdings

Carmel McQuaid Head of Sustainable Business Marks and

Spencer

Chris Martin, CEO Musgrave

Group

Bernadette Lavery,

MD Boots Irel

Future Business Challenges:

Leaders’ Group on Sustainability

Infographic designed by Accenture

Mobilise for Action:

Sign up for the Low Carbon Pledge

Milestone: Inaugural Report April 2019 • Foster individual and collective action Next Step: • Pledge Pack and Info webinar on 4th July • Internal approval of CEO/MD sign-off • Deadline 12th October

The signatories commit to reduce scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas emission intensity by 50% by 2030

Building a Sustainable Future

How CEOs see the SDGs

70% See the SDGs providing a clear

framework to structure sustainability efforts

87% Believe it is an opportunity to rethink

approaches to sustainable value creation

49% That business will be the single most important

actor in delivering the goals

Source: UN Global Compact-Accenture Strategy CEO Study 2016

Why care?

Building a sustainable Ireland

Where is Ireland?

One perspective – The SDG Index

STRENGTHS

ACCELERATE ACTION

RADICAL ACTION REQUIRED

Where is Ireland?

Another perspective – Social Justice Ireland

Tomás Sercovich CEO Business in the Community

SDGs in the global landscape of

business

13th June 2018

Reality check

Are SDGs attainable?

It’s all about the data

www.sdgdashboard.org

Policy

Breaking news!

• Four categories: private (large companies and SMEs), public, civil society and youth

• 2018 edition theme: “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”, linked to goals 4, 8, 10, 13, 16 and 17

• Applications open until 14th September

Policy coherence and coordination

Active civil society

Business call for action

Business opportunities

Business opportunities II

Future proof business models

Across the board

Businesss engagement on the SDGs

Source: Globescan – Evaluating progress towards the SDGs 2017 survey

Business engagement on the SDGs

Business engagement on the SDGs

Holistic vision on industry and SDGs

SDG Compass

Communicating on the SDGs

SDG Materiality

SDG Targets

SDGs and R&D

Sectoral roadmaps

Investor engagement?

PANEL DISCUSSION

Suzanne Delaney CR Advisor BITC

Speakers

Orla Kane, Strategy Planning, CSR and Marketing Manager, Bord Na Mona Deirdre Kennedy, Corporate Citizen Manager, IBM Natalie Hodgess, Head of Sustainable Business and Foundation, Vodafone Ireland

SDG workshop and

Roundtable Discussions

Aideen O'Dochartaigh Research Co-ordinator BITC

Discussion

1. What are your challenges in relation to engaging with the SDGs in your organisation?

2. How can the Business in the Community network support you in addressing these challenges?

SDG Survey

1. Have you mapped your business strategy in Ireland to the SDGs?

2. If no, are you intending to engage with the SDGs in the future?

3. Have you been in communication with your senior management regarding the SGDs?

% Yes

48%

100%

83%

Thank You