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United Nations, On <keyword id="34644" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="World-AIDS-Day">World AIDS Day</keyword> on Tuesday, a latest report from <keyword id="10359536" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-joint-un-program">the Joint UN Program</keyword> on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has warned that the <keyword id="9345522" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="ongoing-covid-19-pandemic">ongoing Covid-19 pandemic</keyword> could result in 123,000 to 293,000 new HIV cases and 69,000 to 148,000 additional AIDS-related deaths in the next two years. In the report titled "Prevailing against pandemics by putting people at the center", UNAIDS has warned that the global AIDS response was off track even before the pandemic, Xinhua news agency reported. It used to set the triple 90s targets years ago, including that by 2020, 90 per cent of people living with HIV know their HIV status, 90 per cent who know their status are receiving treatment, and 90 per cent on HIV treatment have a suppressed viral load. However, the rapid spread of the coronavirus has created additional setbacks. For the world to be back on track to ending AIDS by 2030, as part of <keyword id="10053862" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-un-sustainable-development-goals">the UN Sustainable Development Goals</keyword> (UNSDGs), UNAIDS called on countries to make far greater investments in global pandemic responses and adopt a new set of bold, ambitious but achievable HIV targets. "The collective failure to invest sufficiently in comprehensive, rights-based, people-centered HIV responses has come at a terrible price," UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said. "Implementing just the most politically palatable programs will not turn the tide against Covid-19 or end AIDS. To get the global response back on track will require putting people first and tackling the inequalities on which epidemics thrive." UNAIDS has since proposed a new set of targets for 2025 that, if achieved, will make the UNSDGs of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 possible. Those include achieving a number of 95 per cent by 2025, such as 95 per cent of women of reproductive age have HIV, sexual and reproductive health service needs met; 95 per cent of pregnant and breast-feeding women living with HIV have suppressed viral loads; 95 per cent of HIV-exposed children are tested; and 95 per cent of people at risk of HIV infection use appropriate, prioritized, person-centered and effective combination prevention options. The 2025 targets also include ambitious anti-discrimination goals, such as that less than 10 per cent of countries have punitive laws and policies, that less than ten percent of people living with and affected by HIV experience stigma and discrimination, and that less than ten percent experience gender inequality and violence. Faced with the unabated Covid-19 pandemic, the UNAIDS chief has reiterated her call for global solidarity and for the world to learn from mistakes of the HIV response. "No country can defeat these pandemics on its own. A challenge of this magnitude can only be defeated by forging global solidarity, accepting a shared responsibility and mobilizing a response that leaves no one behind. We can do this by sharing the load and working together." According to UNAIDS, there were 1.7 million new HIV infections and 690,000 deaths from AIDS-related illnesses in 2019. Globally, 38 million people are living with HIV, with more than 12 million people waiting for life-saving HIV treatment. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/kunal-shah-cred-raises-80-million-valuation-doubles-to-800-million-for-the-just-two-year-old-startup/articleshow/79502864.cms">Kunal Shah’s CRED raises $80 million – valuation doubles to $800 million for the just two-year old startup</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/top-stocks-to-watch-dr-reddys-indiabulls-housing-mm-tata-motors-bajaj-auto-maruti-hero-moto-pnb-and-others/articleshow/79502563.cms">Top stocks to watch — Dr Reddy’s, Indiabulls Housing, M&amp;M, Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto, Maruti, Hero Moto, PNB, and others</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/checkout-which-states-have-reimposed-curfews-and-restrictions-again-as-second-covid-19-wave-hits-india/articleshow/79366320.cms?upcache=2">Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand issue fresh COVID-19 guidelines,TN extends lockdown — these are the states reimposing curfews and restrictions</a> <h1 style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 30px; color: rgb(44, 44, 45); font-family: futura_ltbold; font-size: 40px; background-color: rgba(234, 234, 234, 0.69);"></h1>

World AIDS Day: UN report warns that COVID-19 could result in more HIV cases, AIDS-related deaths

The <keyword id="166486" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Millennium-Development-Goals">Millennium Development Goals</keyword> (MDGs), which draw near to completion in 2015, have given way to the new <keyword id="55804" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="sustainable-development">Sustainable Development</keyword> Goals (SDGs) la<keyword id="6355835" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="UN">un</keyword>ched at the UN General Assembly. The event and an array of other events including the SDG Business Forum, the Social Good Summit and the Clinton Global Initiative saw large participation from various stakeholders. 
	
		In understanding and evaluating the presentations at these events, some of the pertinent points that look seemingly obvious are: First, few presentations gave any indication of serious learning from the wins-- and losses--during 20 years of MDG work. A delineation of the models that work (i.e., more sustainable and scalable) is seen as clearly missing. Second, in the absence of learning frameworks, presenters reiterate the same problems, now expanded to 17 goals and 169 targets. The result is a plea for more resources to support the new SDGs without any evidence that those resources will be employed more effectively. Third, the core request at these events was for more than four trillion dollars per year to implement the SDGs over 15 years. 
	 
	
		This logically leads to two important questions i.e., how can you call the goals replacing the MDGs sustainable if they lead with requests for resources that are not? At the beginning of the SDG process, what should the worlds’ governments, corporates and NGO leaders focus on now to make the new global goals actually sustainable?
	 
	
		Answering these questions is at the heart of societal businesses value creation that seeks to find the most innovative and sustainable models for solving intractable challenges. Societal business search firms have advocated tirelessly the need to identify models that 1) can be scaled and 2) are not reliant on non-profit funding (which is donation-dependent and driven by the dictates of donors.) 
	 
	
		The best models that have found have had social entrepreneurs at the helm who see the world differently. They frequently take the “against” position (<a href="http://goo.gl/XHWj6x">http://goo.gl/XHWj6x</a>). For instance, in branding, claiming the against position means using a competitor’s dominant spend and mindshare to carve out an anti-space—the Un-cola for example. Social entrepreneurs are quintessential against positioners. [Microfinance inventor] Mohammed Yunus stated it clearly: “I looked at how traditional banks do business and we did the opposite.” In very practical terms, these stubborn, opinionated entrepreneurs frequently show up after the aid and development models have failed or at least failed to become sustainable. Their arrival on the scene is less a ‘Kumbaya’ moment and more a “disruptive innovation” one.
	 
	
		Social entrepreneurs are relentlessly focused on what they have learned. Their conversations highlight the innovations that are rolled into ingenious, often cross-sector models and as the people who use these models to solve their own and others problems. Their resource requests are framed by why their model should be scaled and how it can replace less effective approaches. The primary goal for these innovative social entrepreneurs is to demonstrate that appropriate capacity building and scale enables their hybrid or for-profit innovation models to solve problems sustainably, thus reducing dependence on fundraising. 
	 
	
		To deliberate on these emerging business models The Shared Value Summit 2015, is being organized by Shared Value India on November 20th, 2015 (<a href="http://sharedvalue.in/svs2015/">http://sharedvalue.in/svs2015/</a>). The summit will see participation from various stakeholders who will deliberate and discuss key opportunities that businesses can and are leveraging to create societal value. 
	 
	
		Already, social entrepreneurs have offered five critical solutions to the problem of making the Sustainable Development Goals truly sustainable: First, recognizing that any commitment to achieving the SDGs must avoid Einstein’s famous definition of insanity: Doing the same thing and expecting different results. Second, authentic commitment to the SDGs requires leaders to recognize one simple reality: It is not possible to have sustainable development goals without sustainable models that leverage under-utilized resources. Third, serious SDG innovators recognize that the current donor, foreign aid and resource investment processes are not sustainable. They call attention to inadequacies and offer new models and leadership to move significant resources from unsustainable models to sustainable models. Fourth, any leader pleading for more funding should be able to explain how his/her organization will deploy that funding to scale solutions that are more sustainable than those that failed to achieve most of the MDGs. Finally, significantly improved sustainability requires the ongoing evaluation of all investments, models and approaches employed. The most sustainable solutions should then be aggressively adopted across sector and country boundaries, no matter their origin or disruption.
	 
	
		Increasingly, leaders are being asked to challenge the status quo. These leaders—often disruptors—no longer target seed stage or individual impact investments. The most impactful leaders know that pilots do not lead to scaling or to sustainability. 
	 
	
		Social entrepreneurs thrive at risk taking and from learning rapidly about what doesn’t work. These are the sustainable, scale-oriented models and management teams that are best equipped to handle significant capital and to shift how these goals are achieved to sustainable development goals.
	 (The article is co-authored with David Wilcox, the founder of ReachScale, an organization that aligns the <keyword id="76104" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="social-responsibility">social responsibility</keyword> goals of corporations with high potential social entrepreneurs working in areas of common interest.) 
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What should the world do to make sustainable development goals truly 'sustainable'?

There exists a considerable overlap between the recently adopted United Nation’s (UN) <keyword id="55804" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="sustainable-development">Sustainable Development</keyword> Goals (SDGs) targeted to be achieved by 2030 and the social dimensions incorporated in the <keyword id="2181132" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Social-Progress-Index">Social Progress Index</keyword> (SPI) developed by the Social Progress Imperative, a nonprofit organization based in Washington. The UN’s sustainable development agenda comprises of 17 goals pertaining to poverty eradication, lessening inequality and injustice and environmental challenges, particularly climatic changes and hold a global applicability, irrespective of the level of development of a nation. Likewise, the SPI captures comprehensively social progress of a country by incorporating various social and environmental indicators which have been distinctly grouped into three dimensions- Basic Human Needs such as food, water, sanitation, shelter, and personal safety; Foundations of Wellbeing for a better life such as basic education, information and communication, health , and environmental sustainability and thirdly, the Opportunity to improve one’s life through provision of rights, freedom , equality and access to advanced education. Figure1.1 highlights the overlap between the UN’s SDGs and the three dimensions of the SPI. 
 
Figure 1.1: Overlap between the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the SPI 
 
 
 
Source: <a href="http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/">http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/</a> 
 
 
The SPI by aggregating indicators across all the dimensions provides a holistic measure to benchmark the progress reached on the sustainable development agenda of the UN. While, the world scores 61 on a scale of 100 on social progress, there exists a wide diversity in the social progress levels reached across the world, with countries falling under the category of “Low Social Progress” and “Very Low Social Progress” being the countries of concern for achieving the new SDGs for 2030. 
 
Looking at the SPI performance for India, which has been classified as one of the low social progress countries, it has been observed that while India performs well in terms of Nutrition and Basic Medical Care and Access to Basic Knowledge, it lags behind in many other critical aspects of development. For instance, in 2015, only 36 per cent of the population had access to improved sanitation facilities and about 26 per cent had access to piped water. Moreover, due to excessive freshwater withdrawals India is currently facing high water stress levels. In addition to this, about 25 per cent of the population does not have access to electricity, along with a poor quality of electricity supply to the rest of the masses. Further, India has low tolerance for all the members of its population, making it socially less progressive compared to the other countries. For instance, India has been ranked 128th in 133 countries on tolerance for immigrants from other countries. (<a href="http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/">http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/</a>) 
 
Understanding the pressing need of fostering social progress for India, the current Narendra Modi government has implemented a development strategy that is closely aligned with the recent UN’s sustainable development agenda. One of the most striking initiatives undertaken so far have been “Make in India” drive having intent of propelling domestic manufacturing growth along with spurring foreign direct investment, job creation and innovation in sectors such as automotive, defense manufacturing, electronics, mining, pharmaceuticals and renewable energy. In addition to this, initiatives such as “Digital India” and “Smart Cities” have committed to providing best in class infrastructure and smart solutions to its people such as smart energy systems, green transportation and smart buildings intended to save energy usage. 
 
Further, as India accounts for about 50 per cent of the world’s open defecation, Government of India and the World Bank have also signed a US$500 million credit for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) project in the states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh. This complements the popular “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”, national campaign by the Government of India to clean the roads of the country. Several other programmes that would enable India to achieve higher social progress include “Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation” which proposes housing for all by 2022, and “Skill India” initiative which proposes to empower about 40 crore individuals with skills by 2022. Moreover, to drive innovation and the related growth, which is essential for sustainable development, Modi government has also taken steps to promote intellectual property rights within the country. A national Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) policy has been formulated which suggests providing tax benefits to the IPR creation. 
 
On the front of environmental sustainability, which has been another area of concern for sustainable development of a country, in the World Climate Change Conference (COP21) held in Paris in 2015, India has shown its support along with 176 other countries so far by signing the climatic change agreement which proposes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit the global rise in temperature to 1.5 degree Celsius. 
Thus, while several efforts have been taken up by the Indian government towards a more sustainable development growth path, it must be realized that to achieve the global goals, the world’s social progress score would have to reach atleast 75 out of 100(Report by Deloitte UK and Social Progress Imperative), which is possible only if all the countries, irrespective of their current level of economic growth overperform on social progress. One of the countries worth highlighting here is Costa Rica, which has achieved a SPI score of 77.88 with a GDP per capita of only $13, 431 per annum. While, several social indicators are positively impacted by economic prosperity, indicators on the front of health and wellness, rights and freedom, tolerance and inclusion and environment have a weak correlation with GDP, thus highlighting the necessity of prioritizing such dimensions directly so as to achieve the desired social progress score for the UN’s SDGs for 2030. 
 
About the authors: Dr Amit Kapoor is Honorary Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:amit.kapoor@competitivenes.in">amit.kapoor@competitivenes.in</a> and tweets @kautiliya. Deepti Mathur is part of the Social Progress Index team at the Institute for Competitiveness, India. 
 
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India’s Development Strategy towards Social Progress and UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

New Delhi, Nov 15 () The UKIBC has launched a campaign to assess the socio-economic impact of UK businesses in India with a view to make sustainable development efforts by companies more effective.
Key findings and observations from the campaign will be compiled into a report to be released in 2020 to coincide with the UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, the UKIBC stated.
"UK businesses and universities want to succeed in India, and their definition of success includes helping India achieve its socio-economic objectives," Richard Heald, Group CEO, UK India Business Council, said.
The campaign is being delivered in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme and will map the activities of businesses and universities against the UN's sustainable development goals.
"UNDP is excited to partner with UKIBC on this study to measure the socio-economic impact of UK businesses in India. The Sustainable Development Goals provide an excellent framework for this study. 
"We hope that its findings can help make corporate social responsibility efforts more effective, and help companies act on the climate crisis and improve the livelihoods of millions of people across India," Shoko Noda, UNDP Resident Representative in India, said.
The UNDP-UKIBC partnership will facilitate mapping of UK businesses socio-economic impact against the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which are aimed at eliminating poverty and ensuring prosperity, ranging from environmental sustainability to advancing education.
"UKIBC's initiative will lead the path in harnessing the resources in finance, knowledge, innovation, and strategy of the business sector in India for the successful implementation of the SDGs," Sanyukta Samaddar, Advisor at Niti Aayog said. RSN BAL

UKIBC launches socio-economic impact campaign

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12048096" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="k-pop" source="Orion">K-pop</keyword> group <keyword id="11901404" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bts" source="Orion">BTS</keyword> performed a music video at the United Nations General Assembly.</li><li>The massively popular group spoke as part of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals program.</li><li>The United Nations General Assembly opened its 76th session last week.</li></ul>South Korea's BTS left it all on the floor on Monday morning - the floor of the United Nations headquarters, that is.The massively popular K-pop superstars filmed a music video for their hit song "Permission to Dance" in the UN's huge auditorium, which was <a href="https://twitter.com/UN/status/1439946630128623616?s=20">tweeted</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SmQOZWNyWE">shared on YouTube</a> by the UN. In the video, the megastars - who boast millions of dedicated fans - dance and sign through the UN's headquarters in New York City.BTS showed off the music video during a speech before gathered nations at the UN."I hope we just don't consider the future as grim darkness," said member Jungkook in the UN General Assembly hall. "We have people concerned for the world and searching for answers. There are still many pages left in the story about us and I feel like we shouldn't talk like the ending has already been written."The event was part of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/09/1100312">program</a>, which is focused on curbing the pandemic while also pushing for a more sustainable future.South Korean President Moon Jae-In appointed the seven-member boy band as envoys in July, Insider previously <a href="https://www.insider.com/bts-presidential-envoys-diplomatic-passports-2021-9">reported</a>, and BTS was officially sworn in as special presidential envoy for future generations and culture, and given diplomatic passports in a ceremony last week."We plan to organize various activities (with BTS) to promote international cooperation in solving global challenges, such as improving the environment, eliminating poverty and inequality, and respecting diversity," Korea's <a href="https://www1.president.go.kr/articles/10757" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blue House spokeswoman Park Kyung-mi</a> said in a July statement.The United Nations General Assembly, the <a href="https://www.un.org/en/ga/">main policy-making body of the UN</a>, opened its 76th session last week and will run through September 28 with representatives from 193 member nations in attendance.

K-pop superstars BTS shot a music video in the United Nations General Assembly hall

On Friday, Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> made a strong pitch for reforms in the <keyword id="55859" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="UN-Security-Council">UN security council</keyword> while addressing the <keyword id="6355833" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="united-nations">United Nations</keyword> Sustainable Development Summit. We list down his top five quotes- 
 
* We should a create a world where everyone feels protected and respected. 
 
* Eradicating poverty is the top priority for us. We have launched several programmes to empower the poor. Education and skill development are priorities for us. 
 
* For the people of India, it is a matter of satisfaction that there are many similarities between the path India has chosen for development and the UN goals for sustainable development. 
 
* The world is connected and dependent on each other. Our international partnerships need to be centred on progress of humanity. 
 
* If we all want the world to be peaceful and development for the world, poverty needs to be tackled. 
 
 PM Modi ended his speech with a mantra from the Upanishad: (May all be happy, may all be healthy, may all see welfare, may no one have any sorrow). 
 
Image credit: Indiatimes 
 
On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for reforms in the UN security council while addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit. 
 
We list down his top five quotes- 
 
* We should a create a world where everyone feels protected and respected. 
 
* Eradicating poverty is the top priority for us. We have launched several programmes to empower the poor. Education and skill development are priorities for us. 
 
* For the people of India, it is a matter of satisfaction that there are many similarities between the path India has chosen for development and the UN goals for sustainable development. 
 
* The world is connected and dependent on each other. Our international partnerships need to be centred on progress of humanity. 
 
* If we all want the world to be peaceful and development for the world, poverty needs to be tackled. 
 
 PM Modi ended his speech with a mantra from the Upanishad: (May all be happy, may all be healthy, may all see welfare, may no one have any sorrow).

PM Narendra Modi's top 5 quotes at the UN Summit

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Nicolas Kovarik/Getty ImagesDanone CEO Emmanuel Faber.</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/b-lab">B Lab</a> is the nonprofit behind the B Corp certification that 2,800 companies around the world use to show that they are committed to a stakeholder model, rather than short-term profit maximization at all costs.</li><li>B Lab cofounder Jay Coen Gilbert said that the movement is reliant on more large, public companies adopting the status, and that's why B Lab is developing tools that aggregate proven best practices.</li><li>It has partnered with the United Nations and a team of researchers to develop a tool that allows companies to set up customized plans for meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber is among the funders.</li><li>This article is part of Business Insider's ongoing series on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/better-capitalism">Better Capitalism</a>.</li></ul><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/patagonia-ceo-rose-marcario-says-capitalism-must-evolve-to-save-earth-2019-4">Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario</a> is one of the biggest evangelists for adding sustainability to business strategy. Sure, Patagonia has had an environmentalist ethos from the start, but Marcario told Business Insider she can just as easily appeal to a company's self-interest."Anytime we've done anything that's been good for the planet it's been good for business," she said. "There's no question about that."More CEOs, including those of large public companies, are recognizing the demand from customers and employees to have well-thought-out sustainability strategies. The challenge is figuring out what works. B Lab wants to help, and it's working with the United Nations to do so.B Lab is the nonprofit that awards B Corp certification (a shortening of "benefit corporation," which is a separate legal status) to companies like Patagonia that can prove they are benefitting all stakeholders, including workers, communities, and the environment itself. There are now 2,800 B Corps around the world.B Lab cofounder Jay Coen Gilbert is one of Business Insider's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-100-people-transforming-the-world-of-business-2019-4">100 People Transforming Business</a>, and he told us that this year he and his team are developing tools based on B Corps' best practices that will allow companies to scale them as necessary. He said that the UN's work on the subject caught B Lab's attention.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-nonprofit-behind-b-corp-is-making-tools-for-companies-like-danone-2019-4">How B Lab is developing a set of tools all companies can use</a>The UN developed 17 <a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/envision2030.html">sustainable development goals</a> (SDGs) in 2015, with the intention of reducing inequality and addressing climate change among member states.Coen Gilbert said there has been a disconnect between the public and private sectors on sustainability. Speaking of countries, he said, "increasingly they're saying, 'We aren't going to be able to meet the SDGs without the private sector doing its share.' Then the companies are saying, 'Well, what the hell do I know about the SDGs? How do I translate that into a business practice?' And that's kind of like the B Lab's sweet spot."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">United NationsThe United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).</div></div></div>B Lab reached out to the UN to find ways to adapt its existing impact assessment questions to the SDGs, and turn it into an online platform that is set to launch next year.B Lab partnered with the UN to find ways to adapt the goals to the private sector, so that companies can adopt proven processes for increasing gender equality and reducing their carbon footprint. Coen Gilbert said B Lab will launch an SDG navigator for companies by early next year.The UN, Global Reporting Initiative, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development have already written the <a href="https://sdgcompass.org/">SDG Compass</a>, a guide addressing B Lab's goals, and B Lab is finding ways to incorporate its guidance into a tool that can determine customized solutions for companies, as opposed to offering general advice. To accomplish this, B Lab is also working with researchers from the Center for Ethics and Responsibility at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder.Of course, releasing the tool on its own is not going to mean anything if it can't deliver results. The purpose of the navigator is to get large corporations to recognize that becoming a stakeholder-based company will not only make it more appealing to customers and employees, but make it better run. That's why B Lab is working with companies to beta test it and eventually tout its results.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-patagonia-sustainable-apparel-coalition-higg-index-2019-4">W</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-patagonia-sustainable-apparel-coalition-higg-index-2019-4">almart and Patagonia were once the 'odd couple' of sustainability. Now, the world's biggest apparel brands are lining up to follow their example.</a>One of the funders of this project is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/danone-planning-to-be-worlds-largest-benefit-corporation-2018-10">Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber</a>, who has overseen the food giant's North American branch adoption of B Corp status and has put all of Danone on a path to the same by 2030. Last year, Faber told Business Insider's Sara Silverstein that Danone North America's B Corp status and Danone's overall path to it has not only been resonating with customers and employees, but even allowed it to renegotiate a syndicated banking loan at a lower rate. The experience has made him realize that "it can have a major impact on the risk and return aspects of a business model."Coen Gilbert said the future of the movement is reliant on more leaders like Faber recognizing that the market is demanding a shift from shareholder primacy at all costs. That's where the upcoming SDG tool fits in."We can't create an economy that works for everyone if the biggest companies in the economy are moving in a different direction," he said. "That doesn't work. One indicator of progress is this continued meaningful engagement of large publicly traded companies like Danone, and Unilever, and The Gap, and others, into this space. Part of our job is to create pathways for them to do that in a meaningful way, and not allow the B Corp movement to get co-opted. We can't run to meet them. We have to create pathways for them to meet us."

Top companies say they're working to help the environment. Now the CEO of food giant Danone is funding a UN-backed tool that will keep them accountable.

<ul><li>Business’ contribution to the <keyword id="879547" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="sustainable-development-goals">Sustainable Development Goals</keyword> is still not aligned, finds a corporate sustainability study from the <keyword id="1632441" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="United-Nations-Global-Compact">United Nations Global Compact</keyword> and Accenture. </li><li>Over 200 companies surveyed are taking action towards <keyword id="6361617" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="climate-change">climate change</keyword> and said that they will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. </li><li>The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals laid out in 2015, which was aimed to end extreme poverty, <keyword id="52767" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Human-rights">human rights</keyword> for all, and a low carbon economy over the next decade. </li><li> In the present scenario, nearly 700 million people still live in extreme poverty while over 170 million remain jobless, globally.</li></ul>In the last four year, the world has seen many socio-economic, geopolitical and technological uncertainties. They have distracted CEOs from their sustainability efforts, says a study by the United Nations Global Compact and Accenture. According to the study titled ‘<a href="https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insights/strategy/ungcceostudy">‘The Decade to Deliver: A Call to Business Action,’</a>merely one-fifth of the chief executives believe that businesses are contributing enough to achieve global goals. This is despite the fact that almost half of the businesses have looped in sustainability in their business operations. Over 200 companies surveyed are taking action towards climate change and said that they will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. According to the report, 87 companies including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Ericsson Group, Nokia and Wipro announced that they are moving towards ‘1.5°C future’. This means that they will limit operations that have negative impact on climate change. “To accelerate progress, CEOs identify three critical requirements. First, an urgent need to prioritize action against the 17 SDGs. Second, the need for business, governments, regulators and non-governmental organizations to come together to shape realistic, science-based solutions. And third, redefining responsible leadership to help business to be a leading driver of g global goals,” the report said. The UN laid out Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, with an aim to end extreme poverty, human rights for all, and a low carbon economy over the next decade. However, nearly 700 million people still live in extreme poverty while over 170 million remain jobless, globally. This is due to the extreme climate events, overpopulation, water scarcity, and gender-based violence. “With less than 4,000 days remaining until the 2030 target, business leaders are not content with current progress and are calling for their sectors and peers to step-up and turn commitment into action,” said Lise Kingo, CEO and Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact. The study surveyed over 1,000 CEOs from global organisations from over 1,600 companies across 100 nations to study the business contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/a-51-year-old-national-geographic-photographer-claims-no-scientist-was-ready-to-speak-about-climate-change-and-global-warming-17-years-back/articleshow/71305775.cms">A 51-year-old National Geographic photographer claims no scientist was ready to speak about climate change and global warming 17 years back</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/greta-thunberg-responds-to-haters-asking-why-adults-spend-their-time-mocking-and-threatening-teenagers-and-children-for-promoting-science/articleshow/71302766.cms">Greta Thunberg responds to 'haters,' asking why adults 'spend their time mocking and threatening teenagers and children for promoting science'</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/goldman-sachs-just-released-a-34-page-analysis-of-the-impact-of-climate-change-and-the-results-are-terrifying-/articleshow/71296471.cms">Goldman Sachs just released a 34-page analysis of the impact of climate change. And the results are terrifying.</a>

Changing technology and financial crisis is affecting sustainability says a UN report

<ul><li>UN’s list of top 10 countries with gender equality is empty.</li><li>According to UN, no country will be able to meet the gender equality targets — to end discrimination and violence against women — by 2030. </li><li>Even when several governments and organisations claim to be doubling their efforts, 1.4 million women are girls fall prey to discrimination, violence and sexism. </li></ul>So far, no country in the world has achieved gender equality, according to the United Nations. 
 
 
 
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 United Nations developed 17 <keyword id="879547" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="sustainable-development-goals">Sustainable Development Goals</keyword> (<keyword id="450172" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="sdgs">SDGs</keyword>) in September 2015,to end global poverty, reduce gender inequality, improve literacy level and others. As many as 193 nations promised to work on it. A few governments and organisations claim to be doubling their efforts, yet 1.4 million women are girls fall prey to discrimination, violence and sexism. According to UN, no country will be able to meet the gender equality targets by 2030. “Women and girls represent half of the world’s population, and yet, no country on the planet has achieved gender equality. Women are underrepresented at all levels of political leadership, face inequalities often beginning at birth and following them all their lives, and women continue to experience violence in all parts of the world. Advancing gender equality and empowering women is critical to achieving the GlobalGoals and a better future for all,” <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B5B8Pp5lmqI/"> wrote UN</a>. The vicious circle of poor health, unhealthy children and absence from classroom Women are hungrier, more discriminated, and poorer than men, according to the United Nations. These women often suffer from serious diseases like anemia during pregnancy, giving birth to unhealthy children. To put it simply, they are trapped in a vicious circle of unhealthy life, discrimination and poverty. Their misery doesn’t end here. According to UN, “One in five women and girls under the age of 50 reported experiencing physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner within a 12-month period.” Governments across the world introduced several policies to bring women on par with men in terms of development. However, given the alarming rates of all the problems including health issues, unemployment, illiteracy, these measures are not taking effect. “Economic divide continues to reinforce the gender divide, contributing to higher rates of unemployment and illiteracy among women when compared to men,” said the UN. 
 
 
 
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