"How businesses are engaging in the sustainable development goals", 2 Aug 2016

[Ethical Corporation has just]...published...[its] inaugural State of Responsible Business report. The...report features insight from 2,045 members of the Ethical Corporation community about their work, issues and goals for 2016 and beyond...42% of all respondents stated their organisation will be engaging in the SDGs – rising to 46% when focusing on corporate respondents only. One would have assumed a higher percentage of businesses looking to engage in the SDGs, considering Governments will be looking to corporations to assist in help achieve the goals...Among our corporate respondents, the following were the most cited [in terms of their engagement]:

• SDG 13: Climate action (63%)
• SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth (52%)
• SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production (51%)...