Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, the United Nations adopted a plan to achieve a better future for all by 2030. The 2030 agenda defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 related targets as a universal call for all countries to work together to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere, and business plays an important role in achieving these goals.
Below are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
On the ONU website you can know each one of them.
Variables define the Sustainable Development Goals of each company
Companies around the world can play the role of accelerators and choose their main objectives, taking into account the area of activity and impacts they cause, and define their own strategies to achieve these goals: ''think about the impacts that your company causes on the society, environment and economy, and which topics are most relevant to internal and external stakeholders is the beginning of everything. This is the starting point for defining the priority SDGs for that business. The SDGs can and should even serve as a basis for companies to develop their sustainability strategies’’ explains Cynthia Franco, Sustainability Consultant.
Cushman & Wakefiled is committed to continuous improvement in each of the areas where it makes an impact. In Brazil, since 2008 it has been a signatory to the Brazil network of the UN Global Compact, a voluntary initiative based on the CEO's Commitments to implement sustainability principles and take measures to support the UN's objectives.
As a best practice, the company carries out materiality assessments from time to time to determine the issues that reflect its most significant impacts on the environment, society and the economy, as well as those issues that influence stakeholder decisions.
Based on the feedback during the materiality assessment, the six SDGs that are most relevant to the company's business and where they can make the greatest relative contribution were identified.
See below which Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) identified by Cushman & Wakefield.
In the ESG – Social content you will find practices that Cushman & Wakefield has carried out to contribute to the well-being of its employees and the society in which it operates. The company's actions related to environmental issues are detailed in the Environmental ESG article.
In addition to these six objectives, the company has also promoted several initiatives related to SDG 16.
Marcos Rossa, Compliance Manager, says that SDG 16, as well as the others, aims to improve society as a whole: ''Speaking specifically of this objective, it is important for the entire value chain, so that companies stimulate their partners to do the same and thus disseminate the values of ethics and integrity in society: ''each company must make its choices and allocate resources and efforts to achieve the chosen goals, and the fight against bribery and corruption is part of goal 16.5 of the SDG 16'', he reinforces.
In addition to internal training, a whistleblower channel, an investigation and investigation system, Cushman & Wakefield goes further, participating as an instructor in external training for other companies, such as the Anti-Corruption and Value Chain course, recently carried out by the Brasil do Pacto network. UN Global.
To learn more about Cushman & Wakefield's efforts in this regard, we recommend that you read the ESG Governance article.
For Cynthia and Marcos, regardless of the business segment or company size, the sum of efforts for a better world is everyone's goal. Currently, we are moving globally to reach only SDG 7 – Clean and Affordable Energy, which is why the role of companies as accelerators of these movements is so important. The SDGs show that it is not the responsibility of a single country or locality to push for these improvements. The global strength, with the sum of initiatives of public and private companies, is the key to this change.
