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    IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS), SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING AND

    SUSTAINABLE LIVING

    Intro: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) play a vital role in all countries, where sustainability
    reporting and sustainable living helps in achieving the SDGs

    The United Nations put forth a new of set of 17 universal goals, known as “Sustainable Development
    Goals (SDGs)” to address the environmental, social and economic challenges across the globe, which
    was adopted by 193 countries of UN General Assembly in 2015. These SDGs were built on the
    Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which was started as a global effort to reduce extreme
    poverty, child mortality, HIV/AIDS and other diseases, etc.

    In addition to MDGs, the SDGs also include issues such as, natural resource management, sustainable
    consumption and production, effective institutions, good governance, the rule of law and peaceful
    societies. These 17 SDGs are interdependent and have 169 targets and 232 approved indicators to
    measure the compliance. All the countries have a shared responsibility towards achieving the SDGs’
    target by 2030 and have a significant role to play locally, nationally as well as globally.

    Since the adoption of the SDGs, there have been many positive initiatives. Many countries have
    started incorporating the goals into their national budgets, plans/strategies and have set up
    coordinating structures for coherent implementation of goals across the sectors. Particularly, the
    private sectors have begun to move away from their business-as-usual models to eco-friendly
    businesses by adopting the goals in their policies/strategies and sustainability reporting.

    SDGs will act as a compass, aligning the countries’ plans with their global commitments. To achieve
    the SDGs target, the countries will require substantial resources, sustainable development
    policies/plans, financing strategies, etc. The engagement of governments, civil society, the private
    sector and other stakeholders will effectively contribute to the realisation of the SDG goals.

    Sustainable living is nothing but living a socially responsible life by following some good habits such as
    saving water, avoiding plastics, minimalizing resources, using eco-friendly products, reducing possible
    emissions (less travel, low electricity usage), planting trees and encouraging social responsibility and
    volunteering and creating awareness about SDGs.

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