How Businesses Can Impact Agenda 2030

Abstract

As we are now one-fifth of the way through the twenty-first century, a century of the most accelerated change in the history of mankind—good and bad, we are seeing an important convergence…the union of responsibility, sustainability and technology. One is driven by our awareness and conscience, one is designed to progress and accelerate mankind, and the last is mandated to optimize mankind. Odd bedfellows, to be sure, but nevertheless, as significant to our global wellbeing as oxygen and water. We cannot function without technology…and we cannot live without sustainability, and our conscience drives our motivation to be a part of the solution.

Nowhere is this mandate of responsibility more important than to businesses. Businesses MUST have a conscience as we move into this disruptive and transformational future, ensuring operational efficiency, responsible supply chains, energy efficient production, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and positive impact to the community are paramount to ensuring that our businesses are sustainable. As business leaders, we know we have to metamorphize our business models, but how do we do this?