ISO and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have unveiled the world’s first international guidelines to help businesses and organizations expedite their contributions to the U.N.’s sustainable development goals (SDGs).

New guidelines for urgent action

The ISO/UNDP guidelines for contributing to the U.N. SDGs were officially released at an ISO meeting in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. This first publicly available document will guide organizations of all types and sizes in speeding up their response to the SDGs.

With only six years remaining to achieve the U.N.’s SDG goals, calls to intensify efforts and rapidly accelerate progress are increasing. According to the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024, only 17% of the SDG targets are on track to being achieved globally by 2030.

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