New York, 19 September: Will the world achieve the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030? What can business do to lead the charge? DNV GL set out to answer these two critical questions in its new forecast examining the future of our ‘Spaceship Earth’. The report concludes that, while many of the goals will make good progress across several world regions, action will not be fast enough or fair enough and will come at an unacceptable environmental cost. However, there is still time to reset the course of our ‘Spaceship Earth’: the report showcases 17 global companies driving extraordinary progress on each of the global goals.

Procurement makes up a substantial budget of any organization, so wouldn’t the world be a better place if it was done in a sustainable way? A new standard in development aims to help organizations do just that, and it has now reached one of the final stages in its development.

This summer, DNV GL has given eight graduate students the scope and resources to develop an innovative digital product. The outcome, which was presented today in front of DNV GL staff and leadership, is a digital sustainability platform that will help consumers and businesses do their part in fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

That is what the latest ViewPoint Espresso survey among 981 certified organizations wanted to find out.