Episode #18 — Sustainable Development Goals

Laura Velez Villa, SDG Program Manager at B Lab

In this episode, Laura shares what the 17 Sustainable Development Goals are all about, what they cover, and where we are globally in our progress towards them. We talk about how everyday people can contribute to positive change and how businesses can as well through B Corp Certification.

Show Notes

In 2015, the UN compiled a list of goals with the deadline of 2030. These 17 goals touch on everything from poverty to equality to human rights and justice. A critical tool used to help achieve these goals is the Sustainable Development Goals Action Manager.

My guest today is Laura Velez Villa, the program manager for SDG Action Manager. Laura collaborates with the UN on working towards their 17 SDGs and recently spoke at the UN’s General Assembly to encourage leaders to accelerate their work towards these goals.

She believes that the most important way we can progress towards these goals is by shifting to a mindset based on whys. We must make spending choices based on the negative or positive impacts, taking action informed by what matters.

In this episode, Laura shares what the 17 Sustainable Development Goals are all about, what they cover, and where we are globally in our progress towards them. We talk about how everyday people can contribute to positive change and how businesses can as well through B Corp Certification. If we want to achieve these goals by 2030, we all must do our parts, starting with voting with our dollars.

    What You'll Learn

  • What the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are.
  • Why these goals were developed.
  • How B Lab’s SDG Action Manager tool is helping us move towards these goals.
  • How much progress we’ve made since the goals were established in 2015.
  • Why Covid has been like an x-ray exposing fractures in our world.
  • Why Laura encourages actions that contribute to multiple goals at once.

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