The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) define global sustainable development priorities and aspirations for 2030 and seek to mobilize global efforts around a common set of goals and targets. The SDGs call for worldwide action among governments, business and the civil society to end poverty and create a life of dignity and opportunity for all, within the boundaries of the planet.
The SDGs explicitly call on all businesses to apply their creativity and innovation to solve sustainable development challenges. Solving these challenges also presents an opportunity for business-led solutions and technologies to be developed and implemented to help achieve the goals.
In this regard, Global Compact Network Kenya in its mission to mobilize business action for the SDGs calls on its members to share their implementation journeys. We will share the good practices through an SDGs company spotlight series. The case studies will also be circulated widely to our local database of over 5000 Kenyan companies, global network of partners and throughout our social media platforms namely Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Kindly share your stories inclusive of pictures as guided by the outline below:
Length: 2-4 pages
Introduction:
- Name of the company
- Brief
description of what the companies does
- Reasons for implementing SDGs
SDGs implemented:
- Name the SDGs implemented, SDG targets achieved
- Timeline of the implementation
- Share data related to the SDGs in the context of the company, that motivated implementation e.g. High electricity bill, high employee turnover
Description of actions taken in implementation of the SDGs:
- Describe how listed SDGs were achieved - what changed from 'business as usual'
- Identify stakeholders critical to implementation of the SDGs
- Describe challenges encountered in implementation of the SDGs and how to counter them
Impact of implementation:
- Describe the outcomes of the implementation of the SDGs using data (quantitative/qualitative) e.g. savings in energy, increase/decrease in sales
Future Plans:
- Next steps towards the implementation of SDGs.
We're calling on all Global Compact members to kindly submit the case studies to info@globalcompactkenya.org