This project intends to strengthen the capacities of Governments to measure and monitor the private sector contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular on target 12.6 Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.
Company reporting on the 2030 Agenda is a complex issue that requires addressing a number of challenges, which may be grouped in two levels. There are issues related to the harmonization and consistency of financial information with sustainability reporting in general, and further issues with regard to aligning sustainability reporting with the SDGs monitoring framework and its indicators. However, many countries lack the institutional and technical capacity to adapt their corporate reporting environments to the new demands spurred by the 2030 Agenda and effectively assess the private sector contribution towards attaining the SDGs.
In this context, the project’s goals are to:
- Develop and implement a mechanism to coordinate efforts among different national authorities in establishing a sustainability reporting framework.
- Help companies prepare and publish useful sustainability reports within that framework.
- Support Governments in the collection of comparable and reliable information on companies’ contribution towards the SDG implementation aligned with the global framework of SDG indicators.
At the heart of this mechanism is the integration of financial and non-financial information as part of companies’ reporting cycles.
The project will improve quality and facilitate international comparability of sustainability reporting, as well as enable multiple authorities within Governments to articulate, collaborate, and better assess the private sector contribution towards attaining the SDGs. Ultimately, the project will enhance the SDG monitoring mechanism.
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