A. The interplay between Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
A series of Webinars has been launched with the first event on March 14th 2023 at 14:00GMT, followed by a second event held on May 17th 2023 at 14:00 BST to learn more about our panel discussions click here. The series is designed to outline how corporations and the investment community are currently incentivised to contribute to the delivery of the SDGs. We bring together stakeholders from all backgrounds, from investment professionals to civil society and charity groups, for constructive but thought provoking debate on what we can do to make a difference.
By engaging with a dialogue around ESG with those from all in the field, we hope to answer some crucial questions.
And many more...
A series of Webinars has been launched with the first event on March 14th 2023 at 14:00GMT, followed by a second event held on May 17th 2023 at 14:00 BST to learn more about our panel discussions click here. The series is designed to outline how corporations and the investment community are currently incentivised to contribute to the delivery of the SDGs. We bring together stakeholders from all backgrounds, from investment professionals to civil society and charity groups, for constructive but thought provoking debate on what we can do to make a difference.
By engaging with a dialogue around ESG with those from all in the field, we hope to answer some crucial questions.
- Is the system working? If not, how should it be changed and how will that be brought about?
- How do companies move towards more sustainable practices and how do the investment community boost this?
- What can other key stakeholders do to effectively embrace ESG for the implementation of the SDGs?
- Are corporate reporting mechanisms effective? How can we make them work for the fulfilment of the SDGs?
- What do cultural and cross-national differences mean for global ESG practices?
- Are there any practical solutions to align ESG with the SDGs, and how can we balance environmental and social concerns?
And many more...
B. Promotion of the SDGs
The two partners are working with the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) to:
This project will provide a central anchor for civil society action to reach from the national to the regional and global levels, enabling shared good practice and building advocacy opportunities as well as public mobilisation to ensure wider awareness and engagement in the 2030 Agenda. Since the signing of the SDGs in 2015, many of these national partners have been working every year to host joint mobilization around the 25 September anniversary of the SDGs, and have been a core partner of the Global Week of Action #Act4SDGs alongside GCAP and the UN SDG Action Campaign.
Now that the Decade of Action is well underway, there is a crucial opportunity to enhance the ambition and reach of the Week of Action to ensure diverse voices from across all parts of civil society can be heard and amplified.
The project will provide a strong base for broad campaigning to build public pressure for:
Supporting one of the broadest civil society networks focused on the 2030 Agenda, the applicants will bring strong experience of collective advocacy and a new online space to share local stories and joint mobilizing around the world, called ‘Zovu’.
The project is rooted in decentralized membership of civil society groups and activist networks in over 100 countries, with strategic leadership provided by the board of One World Trust. The team recruited for this project will galvanise ongoing campaign activation throughout the whole period Jan-Dec 2022 and will catalyse key activities in the build-up to the Global Week to Act for the SDGs 2022.
The two partners are working with the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) to:
- Make the Global Week of Action 2022 a real success and
- Mobilise Millions of Actions to #Flip the Script on the SDGs.
This project will provide a central anchor for civil society action to reach from the national to the regional and global levels, enabling shared good practice and building advocacy opportunities as well as public mobilisation to ensure wider awareness and engagement in the 2030 Agenda. Since the signing of the SDGs in 2015, many of these national partners have been working every year to host joint mobilization around the 25 September anniversary of the SDGs, and have been a core partner of the Global Week of Action #Act4SDGs alongside GCAP and the UN SDG Action Campaign.
Now that the Decade of Action is well underway, there is a crucial opportunity to enhance the ambition and reach of the Week of Action to ensure diverse voices from across all parts of civil society can be heard and amplified.
The project will provide a strong base for broad campaigning to build public pressure for:
- Joint campaigning on the recovery from the ongoing crisis COVID-19 crisis;
- The turning point moment to #FlipTheScript for a just and sustainable world;
- Voices of frontline communities to be amplified; and
- Wider public community actions to be supported around the world.
Supporting one of the broadest civil society networks focused on the 2030 Agenda, the applicants will bring strong experience of collective advocacy and a new online space to share local stories and joint mobilizing around the world, called ‘Zovu’.
The project is rooted in decentralized membership of civil society groups and activist networks in over 100 countries, with strategic leadership provided by the board of One World Trust. The team recruited for this project will galvanise ongoing campaign activation throughout the whole period Jan-Dec 2022 and will catalyse key activities in the build-up to the Global Week to Act for the SDGs 2022.