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In 2015 a new set of Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by the U.N. There are 17 goals based 169 targets which became the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calling for action by all countries participating in a global partnership.

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Progress has not been sufficient enough. Business leaders are still focusing on mainly short-term economic gains without an understanding of the long-term benefits and values of the Sustainable Developmental Goals. The private and civil sectors need more active participation in achieving the SDGs, as it has mainly been the public sector.

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Sustainability is embedded in education today- educating those going into professions so that they learn how to do the job differently and see sustainability as the norm There is more innovative ideas about how to do business and meet SDGs.

Chapter 7 gives the example that, “in 2005, South Korea put a price on waste by having retailers charge customers a “one-use” fee disposable items such as cups and bags. This created an economic incentive that encouraged customers to bring their own reusable bags and cups with them, changing their behavior to more environmentally friendly.”

There has been interest and movement in re-evaluating the GDP. The GDP is weighted mostly towards increased production and consumption, regardless of necessity or desirability, and at the cost of more holistic criteria. Weybrecht, G. 2014. The sustainable MBA: A Business Guide to Sustainability. 2nd Ed. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.

Analysis has shown that many countries have made improvements and have enhanced collaboration.

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Some statics from the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019 : ü extreme poverty has been cut from 36% in 1990 to 9% in 2018 ü child mortality has been cut in half since 2000 ü immunization programs have saved millions of lives ü most people in developing countries now have access to electricity. ü countries have taken concrete actions to safeguard environmental

limits v For example, marine protected areas have doubled since

2010 and 186 countries have ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change

Closing the sustainable development gap: A global study of goal interactions, 12, February, 2021 Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden, Morten Simonsen https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2171

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Using technologies to fuel innovation and advancements in sustainability and a focus on nature-based models that use local natural occurring resources Promote environmental education and awareness so that the attitudes and views about our planet can be installed at a young age and assist in the transition to a more sustainable way of life as they age. In 2019 the UN called for a ”decade of action” stating 2020 needed to usher a decade of ambitious action to deliver the Goals for 2030. The three levels of action were:

“Global action to secure greater leadership, more resources, and smarter solutions

Local action embedding the needed transition in the policies, budgets, institutions, governments and local authorities

People action needing everyone everywhere to generate an unstoppable movement pushing for the required transformations.” Decade of Action https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/decade-of-action/

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