Class 2: Sustainable Development

Goals
Dr. Satish M.K
Email: satish.kajjer@nmims.edu
Sustainability
 Not so long ago, sustainability was seen by most companies as little more than a
peripheral “green” issue- reducing energy and waste, disposal costs, supporting
community causes
 But was never central to a company’s core business
 This is changing
 Companies from all sectors are having to confront and adapt to ta range of disruptive
forces including globalization, increased urbanization, competition for raw materials and
natural resources
 Revolution in technology is challenging the business models of many sectors and forcing
companies to be more transparent and accountable for
 Sustainability is moving from corporate side-lines to mainstream
 Fuelled by explosion in online social networking, consumers, NGOs and media
companies are coming under greater scrutiny
Millennium Development Goals

• MDGs aimed at developing countries

• Series of time bound targets for 2015 agreed at 2000 UN Millennium Summit
India and MDGs
MDG1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
Target:
 Halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty (less than 1 USD a day) in
between 1990 to 2015
Status
 The poverty HCR reached18.5 % by 2015 (missing the target by 3.5 percentage
points)

MDG 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION

Target:
 Ensure that by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike will be able to
complete a full course of primary schooling
Status:
 On target, gross enrolment ratio for both boys and girls has reached 100 percent
India and MDGs
MDG 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
Target:
 Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferable by 2005
and in all levels of education no later than 2015
 Track key element of women’s social, economic and political participation and guide
the building of gender equitable societies
Status:
 Moderately on track. Participation of women in employment and decision making
remains less and disparity is not likely to be eliminated by 2015
 Country’s Gender Parity Index (GPI) for primary and secondary education has
risen, but achieving GPI for tertiary education remains a challenge
India and MDGs
MDG 4: REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
Target:
 Reduce by 2/3 the under-5 mortality rate by 2015
Status
 U5MR declined from 125 per 1000 live births in 1990 to 70 per 1000 live
births by 2015, failed to reach the target of 42

MDG 5: IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH

Target:
 Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality rate between 1990 and
2015
Status
 MMR was 437 per 1 lakh live births in 1990 and the target is 109 by 2015.
(currently it is falling short by 26 points)
 Only 62 % of births are institutional births
India and MDGs
MDG 6: COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASE
Target
 By 2015, halt and being the reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
 By 2015, halt and begin the reverse the incidence of malaria and other
major diseases
Status
 India has made rapid stride in reducing the prevalence of HIV/AIDS
 Malaria, both in terms of prevalence and death has declined
 India account for 1/5th of global incidence of TB, but has made progress in
halting the prevalence
India and MDGs
MDG 7: ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Target
 Halve the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and
basic sanitation
 Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies
and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources
 Achieve a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum
dwellers by 2015
Status
 Some progress in ensuring environment sustainability
 Forest cover has increased
 Access to drinking water increase from 68 % in 1992 to 84 % in 2008
 People without toilet declined form 70 % in 9992 to 51% in 2008
India and MDGs
MDG 8: DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR
DEVELOPMENT
Target
 In cooperation with Pharma companies provide access to affordable
essential drugs
 In cooperation with private sector make available the benefits of new
technologies especially information and communications
 Develop an open, rule-based, non-discriminatory trading and financial
system
Status
 India is a centre for generic drugs
 India has adopted technology in many of public service delivery
 Penetration of mobile
Sustainable Development Goals

• Launched by UN SDG is a road map for global business growth for the next 15 years
• For the goals to be reached, everyone needs to do their part: governments, the private
sector, civil society and people
Business Impact on the SDGs
and potential opportunities
Top 5 Business Impact by Industry
SDGs- Business Impact and Opportunities
MDG issues in the New Era
Citizens thoughts on business signing up to
SDGs

Citizens think it is very important that business signs up to the global goals
Are business and citizen on the same length?
Citizens expect
business to take action
Thank You