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Enabling and tracking private sector
contribution to the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
Aditi HaldarDirector GRI Regional Hub South Asia
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The Sustainable Development goals -
new, global goals for the world to 2030
• The SDGs succeeds the MDGs and
sets the global priorities to 2030
• Unlike the MDGs, the SDGs
specifically call for business led
solutions and actions
• The SDGs apply for developed and
developing countries alike
What’s new with the SDGs?
SDGs
2015 - 2030
MDGs
2000 - 2015
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MDGs vs SDGs
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2015/jan/19/sustainable-development-goals-changing-world-17-steps-interactive Access March 29th, 2016.
The SDGs build on the foundation laid by the MDGs, seek
to complete the unfinished business of the MDGs, and
respond to new challenges.
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• The SDGs builds on input from all
sectors of society and all parts of
the world
• 17 goals and 169 targets set the
global priorities for 2015 – 2030
• The SDGs aspire to end poverty
and to create economic, social
and environmental global
sustainability
The Sustainable Development Goals
New, global goals for the world
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The Sustainable Development Goals
• 17 goals for the world
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• Unlike the MDGs, the SDGs have
a new model for achieving
sustainable development
• There is recognition that they
cannot be achieved unless there is
ownership and shared responsibility
between all actors in society
The Sustainable Development Goals
A shared responsibility
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• Primary responsibility with
governments,
• Civil society: agenda of right seekers,
from poverty to power
• Business:
–Increase positive contribution
–Decrease negative contribution
• Measuring and Reporting extremely
important
The Sustainable Development Goals
Whose Sustainable Development Goals?
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Achieving the SDGs
“Business is a vital partner in
achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals. Companies
can contribute through their core
activities, and we ask companies
everywhere to assess their impact,
set ambitious goals and
communicate transparently about
the results.”
A call for action to businesses
Ban Ki-moon, United
Nations Secretary-General
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• The SDGs call for business-led
innovations to solve sustainable
development challenges
• Social, economic and environmental
business practices helps create
stable societies and markets
• Partnerships between governments,
businesses and civil society is
crucial to succeed with the SDGs
The Sustainable Development GoalsThe crucial role of the private sector
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• Identifying future business
opportunities
• Enhancing the value of
corporate sustainability
• Strengthening stakeholder relations
and keeping pace with policy
requirements
• Stabilizing societies and markets
• Using a common language and shared
purposes
The business case for the SDGs
building a resilient business
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MAPTING – App by Earth Charter and SGI
• www.mapting.org
• A new app to track and map activities that
contribute to actualizing the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development launched at the
UN in September of last year.
• Called “Mapting” (“mapping” and “acting”), the app
was developed jointly by the Soka Gakkai
International (SGI) and Earth Charter International
(ECI) as a way of engaging and educating youth in the
challenge of making the 17 SDGs a reality by the
target date of 2030.
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Who we are
About GRI
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• We help businesses, governments
and other organizations
understand and communicate the
impact of business on critical
sustainability issues
• These issues span climate change,
human rights, anti-corruption and
many others
• We are an international
independent organization
Our Work
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Our History
1997
2000
G12002
G2
2006
G3
2013
G42014
Stakeholder
Council
1st Global
Conference
Regional
Hub
Brazil
Regional Hub
India2011
Regional Hub
USA
4th Global
Conference
Regional Hub
South AfricaRegional Hub
Colombia
Regional Hub
Australia2nd Global
Conference
G4 Exam
GSSB
2015
Regional Hub
China
2003
GRI Board
of
Directors
Organizational
Stakeholder
Program
2007
20082009
2010
3rd Global
Conference
G3.1
Rep 2025
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Our Vision
A future where
sustainability is
integral to every
organization’s
decision-making
process
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To empower decision
makers everywhere
through our
sustainability standards
and multi-stakeholder
network, to take action
towards a more
sustainable economy
and world
Our Mission
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• Our work is already embedded
in different types of decision
making across the world:
– businesses use the sustainability
reporting process to understand,
manage and communicate their
impacts
– governments use this reported
information to build smarter policy
• Across our organization we
focus on four strategic areas to
help empower sustainable
decision making
Empowering Sustainable DecisionsSupporting business and governments
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• This approach ensures the
participation and expertise of
diverse stakeholders in the
development of GRI Standards
• Organizations can have
confidence in the robustness
of stakeholder participation
when considering a wide range
of sustainability issues
Robust Multi-Stakeholder ApproachDiverse, global and inclusive
GRI
Business
Civil Society
Acade-mia
Capital Markets
Govts.
Labor
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• GRI Standards enhance the global
comparability and quality of
sustainability information, resulting
in greater transparency on
economic, environmental and
social impacts
• Globally accepted standards
create a common language for
organizations and stakeholders by
which impacts of organizations can
be communicated and evaluated
GRI Sustainability Reporting StandardsEnhancing comparability & quality
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Reporters in over 90 countries
Over 28,000 Reports in our Database
Number of reports per
country since 1999
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“The Global Reporting Initiative
(GRI) remains the most popular
voluntary reporting guideline
Worldwide”
• 60 % of the companies that report use
or reference GRI Guidelines
• 74% of the G250 that report use or
reference GRI Guidelines
Sustainability Reporting & GRI
Reference: KPMG International Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2015
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38 countries refer to GRI in government
policy and capital market regulation
References in capital market regulation
References in governmental policies
References in both capital market regulation and governmental policies
EU
Maldives
Hong Kong
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GRI’s contribution to the SDGs
Enabling and tracking private sector contribution to the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Building trust through transparency
The sustainability reporting
process enables:
• Transparency
• Better decision-making
• Trust
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GRI and the SDGs
GRI works around four pillars
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Sustainable Development GoalsGRI’s role in enabling business & government action
• SDG Compass: helping companies
understand, align and report
contribution to the SDGs
• Target 12.6 Live Tracker: Database
presenting policy developments and
sustainability reporting data by
country
• Active policy dialogue: working
directly with UN agencies, statistical
agencies and governments on business
and the SDGs
• UNDP Business Call to Action +
GRI Measuring Impact report: A
first look report on how companies
can measure their impact and
contribution to the SDGs
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Transforming our world – the 2030 agendaThe role of the private sector and reporting
• Collaboration with UN and other partners
to advocate for strong private sector role
for the fulfillment of the SDGs
• Target 12.6 – increased coverage of
Sustainability reporting worldwide : “Encourage companies, especially large and
transnational companies, to adopt
sustainable practices and to integrate
sustainability information into their reporting cycle”
• Sustainability reporting as a tool for
Finance for Development
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• GRI enables businesses to
identify and communicate their
contribution to the SDGs
• GRI engage more businesses to
report as a response to the
SDGs
• GRI supports reporting aligned
with the SDGs
Business engagement around the SDGs
Reporting as a tool
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G4 and the SDGsIndicators for all 17 Goals
• All Goals have at least one matching
GRI indicator
• 50% of targets (86/169) have at least
one matching GRI Indicator
• 50% of linkages are with the G4 Sector
Disclosures (e.g., affordable energy,
access to financial services, healthy
food)
• There exist issue level gaps (e.g.,
sustainable agriculture, access to
medicines, deforestation, technology,
chemicals, food waste)
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GRI helps monitor SDG progress
Review and Alignment
• GRI aims to enhance follow-up and
review mechanism for the SDGs
(HLPF) through the Inter-Agency and
Expert Group on SDG indicators,
• GRI as a data source for target 12.6
• GRI supports the alignment of
business indicators with national
and global development indicators in
collaboration with national statistical
offices and the UNSD and
linkages to implementation -
Measure What Matters
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• Development of the
global indicator
framework of the SDGs
(Collaboration with the
Inter-Agency Expert
Group on SDG
indicators)
• The 12.6-tracker -
sustainability
reporting coverage
GRI as data provider for global, regional and
national level
NationalReview
Regional
Review
Global review SDGs
Region A
Country A
Country B
Region B
Country C
Them
atic re
view
Follow-up and review
GRI helps monitor SDG progress
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GRI helps monitor SDG progress
• A database on sustainability
reporting (policies and number of
reports) covering each
region of the world :
http://database.globalreporting.org
/SDG-12-6
• GRI helps monitor the
SDG 12, target 12.6
• Developed by GRI and Tata
Consultancy Services
The Target 12.6 Live Tracker
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GRI helps monitor SDG progressAlignment and Linkages
• beyond reports
Alignment of business indicators with national
indicators
• GRI as a bridge between
businesses and governments
contribution to the SDGs
• Aligning corporate, national and
global indicators (Collaboration
with UNSD and national
statistical offices)
• Linking SDGs with implementation and
corporate reporting - Measure
what Matters
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Global solutions to local problems
• GRI and Accounting for Sustainability
(A4S), Green Economy Coalition (GEC),
International Institute for Environment
and Development (IIED), Stockholm
Environment Institute (SEI)
• http://measurewhatmatters.info/
Linking SDGs with national implementation and
Corporate Reporting
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• Five practical steps:
1. Understanding the SDGs
2. Defining priorities
3. Setting Goals
4. Integrating
5. Reporting and Communicating
• Download the full guide on
sdgcompass.org
The SDG CompassFive steps
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SDG Compass
Step 1
1. Understanding the SDGs
3 actions
• What are the
SDGs?
• Understanding the
business case
• The baseline
responsibilities for
business
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SDG Compass
Step 2
2. Defining priorities
3 actions
• Map the value
chain to identify
impact areas
• Select indicators
and collect data
• Define priorities
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SDG Compass
Step 3
4 actions
• Define scope of goals
and select KPIs
• Define baseline and
select goal type
• Set level of ambition
• Announce
commitment to SDGs
3. Setting goals
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SDG Compass
Step 4
3 actions
• Anchoring
sustainability goals
within the business
• Embed sustainability
across all functions
• Engage in partnerships
4. Integrating
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SDG Compass
Step 5
•
2 actions
• Effective reporting and
communication
reflecting your
materiality analysis
(from Step 2)
• Communicating on
SDG performance
5. Reporting and communicating
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The SDG Compass
• www.sdgcompass.org
• Inventory of business indicators
mapped against the SDGs and
the targets
• Inventory of Business Tools for
impact assessment mapped
against the SDGs and
targets
Online guide and tools
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The SDG Compass• Inventory of business indicators
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Engage with GRIDevelop your reporting practice and strategy
1. SDG Agenda 2030 in India
2. SDGs Training
3. SDGs Mapping Service
To find out more
www.globalreporting.org/SDGs
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Looking forwardGRI’s future involvement with the SDGs
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Looking forward
GRI's continous work
• Facilitate private sector contribution to sustainable
development
• Engage with and encourage companies to report
aligned with the SDGs
• Increase the uptake of sustainability reporting world-
wide
• Continue supporting the development of an
monitoring and review mechanism
• Follow our SDGs work on :
https://globalreporting.org/sdgs
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SDGs Leadership Through Reporting
Joint ambition UNGC – GRI
UNGC and GRI, the worlds two leading corporate
sustainability initiatives, share the joint ambition to develop
SDGs reporting for companies to assess and report their
contribution to the SDGs.
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SDGs Leadership Through Reporting
Why
• More relevant - Relevant business disclosures
• Easier to understand - Guidance for Business Practitioners
• More simple to execute - Alignment GRI standards & COP
• Accessible to all users - Aggregation of data
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SDGs Leadership Through Reporting
How
• Inclusive process with a multi stakeholder group: including
e.g. Business, Governments, Investors, Civil Society, Labor
• Kick off event March 2017: in the Hague Ministry Foreign
Affairs (tbc)
• First results High Level Political Forum, July 2017: Global List
of prioritized & validated business disclosures
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