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State of Sustainability Initiatives Review: Standards and the Sustainable Development Goals

4 May 2023

This report explores the role that voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) can play in helping governments advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and better track and report on their progress toward achieving them.The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development outlines an ambitious vision for people and the planet. It sets out 17 goals and 169 targets for the global community to work together to achieve by 2030—ranging from eradicating poverty to conserving natural resources.This report explores the role that VSSs can play in helping governments advance the SDGs and better track and report on their progress toward achieving them.
sustainable development goals standards and value chains

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Elena Kosolapova, Rupal Verma, Laura Turley, Ann Wilkings

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Canada
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IISD, 2023

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