Stakeholders Share Views for Advancing SDGs
by Catherine Benson Wahlén, Thematic Expert for Human Development, Human Settlements and Sustainable Development (US)
Originally published on IISD's SDGs Knowledge Hub
Representative of UN agencies, UN Regional Commissions, academia, civil society, and the private sector share multifaceted perspectives and recommendations for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a blog series managed by the UN Division for Sustainable Development (DSD).
DSD developed the blog series for the 2017 session of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which took place from 10-19 July 2017 at the UN Headquarters in New York, US.
Irge Olga Aujouannet, World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), writes that business will have a critical role in achieving the SDGs, as a source of innovation, finance, economic growth and employment. She further highlights the role of the SDGs in providing business with opportunities to: better manage their risks; anticipate consumer demand; build positions in growth markets; secure access to needed resources; and strengthen their supply chains. Aujouannet stresses the SDGs as “a win-win” for business and the world.
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