Sustainable Development Goals –Introduction In September 2015, 193

member States of the United Nations adopted 17 new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to make our world more prosperous, inclusive, sustainable and resilient. These SDGs represent an unprecedented opportunity for institutions, companies, organizations and societies to align their own sustainability indicators with broader societal goals.

The SDGs provide both a stimulus and a framework for corporate sustainability efforts, hence to provides a platform for social & business leaders to use the SDGs  as their strategic north star in setting sustainability targets in their own institutions, Companies, organizations, and societies.

Creating collaborative and multi stakeholder initiatives of institutions, organizations and societies   to tackle systematic challenges like climate change, rising inequality and exploitation of non-renewable resources to work together for a better future is required in achieving SDGs.

Seventeen SDGs are:

1. NO POVERTY– End poverty in all its forms everywhere

2. ZERO HUNGER– End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition
and promote sustainable agriculture

3. GOOD HEALTH &  WELLBEING-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 & SANITATION – Ensure availability and sustainable
management of water and sanitation for all.

7. AFFORDABLE & CLEAN ENERGY – Ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all.

8. DECENT WORK & ECONOMIC GROWTH – Promote sustained, inclusive and
sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work
for all.

9. INDUSTRY, INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE – Build resilient infrastructure,
promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

10. REDUCED INEQUALITIES – Reduce inequality within and among countries.

11. SUSTAINABLE CITIES & COMMUNITIES – Make cities and human settlements
inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

12. RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & 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 sustainability use the oceans, seas and
marine resources for sustainable development

15. LIFE ON LAND- Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystems, sustainability manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and
reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

16. PEACE & JUSTICE- 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. PARTNERSHIP FOR GOALS- Strengthen the means of implementation and
revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

5Ps of Sustainable Development

1.PEOPLE

2. PROSPERITY

3. PLANET

4.PEACE

5.PARTNERSHIP