Walking the Talk: Assessing companies' progress from SDG rhetoric to action

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Author(s)
Mhlanga, Ruth
Gneiting, Uwe
Agarwal, Namit
Publication date
2018-09-24
Subject
Gender
Inequality
Private sector
Rights
Keywords
Accountability
Gender equality
SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals
Transparency
Governance
Country
Germany
Ghana
India
Italy
Malawi
Netherlands
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam
Document type
Discussion paper
Description
Three years after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reliable information on how companies are working to contribute to the SDGs remains sparse. This paper uses five general themes (prioritization; integration; ambition; human rights and gender equality; and reporting) to review the SDG engagement of 76 of the world's largest companies. It finds that while uptake of the SDGs by companies is high, there is little evidence of the SDGs changing companies' sustainability strategies with regards to priorities, ambition or transparency. The paper points to good practice for how business can more effectively engage with the SDGs.
Pages
36
DOI
10.21201/2018.3378
ISBN
978-1-78748-337-8
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/620550
Additional Links
https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/walking-the-talk-assessing-companies-progress-from-sdg-rhetoric-to-action-620550
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