Bhaskar Chakravorti in Harvard Business Review – “What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals”

What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals

The UN General Assembly held its regular meeting in New York this fall. But this year its purpose was different – and with significant implications for the future of the human condition. More than 190 member countries committed to “eliminate poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030, together with 16 other “big, hairy, audacious goals” — to use Jim Collins’ memorable phrase. Coming out of the meeting, the hashtag #2030Now, meant to drum up ground-level support, made a combined total of more than 1.6 billion impressions on Twitter and Instagram and was the top trending topic in the U.S. during the assembly. Cultural icons from Shakira to Queen Rania of Jordan were brought in to lend a certain pizzazz to the goals’ rollout.

Read the full op-ed from Dean Chakravorti in the Harvard Business Review