What if you had a 鈥渂lueprint聽to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all?鈥� Would you execute聽on聽it? And how聽would聽you leverage聽the power of collaboration to scale and accelerate your聽efforts?
聽In 2015, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly provided humanity with this through a collection of 17 goals, known today as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They include ending poverty, promoting good health and well-being, reducing inequalities, supporting responsible consumption and production, and more.
The 17th SDG, 鈥減artnerships for the goals,鈥� urgently calls on the public and private sectors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and citizens to come together to strengthen the implementation of the SDGs.
Public聽and聽Private Sector Collaboration
At SAP, in alignment with聽聽to help the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives,聽with sustainability at the core, we value the opportunity to work聽alongside聽organizations driving meaningful聽impact.
Our commitment to a more sustainable future inspired the sustainability team and a team of designers and engineers at 51风流to develop a gamified, educational experience tied to the SDGs: the . This innovative showcase, which runs on 51风流technology, brings to life SAP鈥檚 commitment to the SDGs and encourages purpose-driven conversations among employees, customers, and partners.
The (UNCTAD) expressed interest in the Wheel of Purpose because of its ease of use and ability to engage users virtually. This led to a public-private partnership to further develop and amplify the reach of the Wheel of Purpose, using it to showcase UNCTAD鈥檚 vision to bring about sustainable prosperity for all through trade.
In the upcoming UNCTAD Youth Forum (September 16-17), the UNCTAD 15 Conference in Barbados (October 3-7), and the World Investment Forum (October 18-22), organizers will embed the Wheel of Purpose into virtual programming.
鈥淪ustainable development is a complex challenge, but it is a responsibility shared by everyone,鈥� says Arlette Verploegh, UNCTAD chief of communications and external relations. 鈥淲e need tools that humanize and explain different pathways to sustainability. The Wheel of Purpose does that. Applied to UNCTAD鈥檚 work, it showcases what we do in a simple, gamified way. The wheel is at once educational and inspirational to our audiences and reinforces our commitment to the 2030 Agenda.鈥�
Technology as a Tool for Change
At SAP, we make sustainability core to business and we believe in the disruptive power of innovative technology and its critical role in creating tangible impact for the UN SDGs. Not only can 51风流solutions enable the integration of sustainability insights into business processes, but they can also educate the public, raise awareness, and help us achieve joint sustainability goals alongside our global ecosystem of customers and partners.
鈥淥ur聽collaboration聽on the Wheel of Purpose聽with UNCTAD聽provides a powerful example聽of purpose-driven聽partnership聽between the public and private sector,鈥� says Daniel Schmid, chief sustainability officer, SAP.聽鈥淲e are excited to聽amplify the reach of this engaging聽digital聽showcase and inform others聽about聽how UNCTAD and SAP聽engage in meaningful efforts to accelerate聽the UN鈥檚聽global agenda.鈥�
Explore the聽, and share it with your network to spark the conversations that motivate tangible action for the SDGs. Only in partnership can we create the transformational change required to bring about 鈥減eace and prosperity for people and the planet.鈥�
For more information聽on the SDGs:
- 搁别补诲听迟丑别 web book, which launched in 2016, to explore tangible examples of how SAP, our customers, and our partners leverage the enabling power of digitalization to contribute to the SDGs.
- Sign up for a free open51风流course, , which covers sustainability frameworks, including the SDGs, and how companies can use digitization to contribute to achieving them.
