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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development establishes 17 goals adopted by UN member states as the action plan to achieve sustainable development. Each country must establish its action plan on implementing the UN SDGs and the integration of sustainable development in policymaking at the national level. Environmental, ...

Sustainability is the carrying out of economic activity without depleting resources or having harmful impacts now or for future generations.  Sustainability in building developments must be considered from the very earliest stages, as the potential environmental impacts are considerable.  Once the decision to erect a n ...

The Sustainable Hospitality Alliance is advocating immediate adoption of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).  This alliance of 14 of the world's leading hotel companies is taking collective responsibility to ensure that destinations and communities are being supported and protected now and for f ...

Governments should adopt a supply chain tax policy where the cost of greening or subsidizing the negative impact of carbon emission is high.  While firms decide on the greenness level of the product, governments decide on the adoption of a supply chain tax policy (taxation or subsidy) to maximize the welfare of society ...

Nestle, Tchibo and other global firms explicitly support a German law requiring environmental and social safeguards along the entire supply chain.  Despite a broad alliance of more than 100 companies, civil society organizations and unions as well as the support of the German Labor and Development ministries, the Feder ...