Leveraging the New UN Sustainable Development Goals: Expectations and Engagement Strategies for Brands

1. Aris Vrettos | @arisvrettos
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Leveraging the New UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Expectations and Engagement Strategies for Brands
Michael Spanos | @GlSustain
Global Sustain
Ole Lund Hansen
United Nations Global Compact
Silvia Donato
European Commission’s Directorate
General for Research and Innovation
Anna Swaithes | @annaswaithes
SABMiller

2. #RewireEconomy
Delivering on the SDGs:
Rewiring the economy
Aris Vrettos
18 November 2015

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October
2015 #RewireEconomyPatron: HRH The Prince of Wales
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4. Raworth K. A Safe and just space for humanity, Oxfam 2012Steffen et al. Planetary Boundaries: Guiding Human Development on a Changing Planet, Science, 16 Jan 2015
A safe and just operating space for humanity
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5. Science gives a good feel for the
problem
Political leadership is weak or
absent in many areas
Business leadership is crucial, but
can only go so far
Conventional economic measures
are not aligned with the solution
= leadership, innovation and
collaboration gap
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The challenge
Economy
SDGs
?

6. SDGs
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Government: navigator
Business: engine room
Finance: fuel
Conditions around business need to
change, e.g. fossil fuel subsidies, tax,
innovation support
New quality of dialogue / greater
ambition needed to deliver deeper
change
Rewiring the Economy is a ten year
plan to lay the foundations of a
sustainable economy
The ‘rewiring’ plan
3 key partners

7. The tasks: what
needs to happen?
For government
For finance
For business
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8. October 2015 | #RewireEconomy
Ten interconnected tasks

9. Summary
Ten year plan to align the
economy with the SDGs
For attention of government,
business and finance institutions
Tasks demand analysis,
convening, strategy, commitment
Everyone can play a role
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10. Please contact:
Aris Vrettos, Director of Open Programmes
aris.vrettos@cisl.cam.ac.uk
www.cisl.cam.ac.uk
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