𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟳 𝗦𝗗𝗚𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲?

First of all SDGs are 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙨.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 2030 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 2015, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.’

Take a look here to review the 17 goals. https://sdgs.un.org/goals

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘋𝘎𝘴 𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺”  – 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤.

I have recently reviewed all of these goals and whilst I guess we want to affect all of them with our impacts and actions I think we should all select a few dear to our hearts and focus on them in all that we do.

I have chosen;

🟡 2 Zero hunger = I believe no one should ever be hungry.
🔴 4 Quality Education = every child should have access to books.
🟢 13 Climate Action = we all need to make changes and be in control of the choices we make on a daily basis.
🔵 14 Life below water = let’s protect our oceans and the environments that thrive below water.
🟢 15 Life on land = let’s protect the unique planet we live on and depend on.

I have been making impacts towards these SDGs already via small efforts such as

👉 Donating directly to my local foodbank and via my local Waitrose.
👉 Donating books to local schools and supporting initiatives to supply children with books.
👉 Supporting local groups to spread the word about climate change and educate SMEs.
👉 Promote my CSR activities and educate and support others to start their journey.
👉 Sponsor Carbon Kapture with donations to grow seaweed to absorb CO₂.
👉 Support local fisheries and initiatives like Fishbox being selective what fish we buy and eat.
👉 Clear up litter when on beaches and in my local area.
👉 Donate to Ecologi and support our local action group to preserve the development where I live including an orchard.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴; 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲!

If you watched this video and jotted down a few actions you would be surprised what you are doing already.

https://lnkd.in/giZPrvR2

The book “It really is JUST GOOD BUSINESS, by Jill Poet she states that the SDGs ” are a blueprint that every individual and every organisation should aspire towards because no one person reorganisation can achieve those goals alone.”

” Whatever role we play, whatever actions we take, however small those roles and actions may be, we are all part of a vast jigsaw, and if we all collaborate on making the world a better place, the picture of a better world will gradually evolve.”

“The purpose of the SDGs is to encourage businesses to operate in such a way that they are working towards these goals, to at least specific goals that are relevant to their business or they are passionate about.”

So do take a look at the 17 goals and consider what they mean to you and your business and how your actions might be aligned and relevant.

Let me know your thoughts and which SDGs you have chosen to support and why.