Walking the talk: assessing companies' progress from SDG

Three years after the adoption of the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), reliable information on how companies are working to
contribute to the SDGs remains sparse. This paper uses five general
themes (prioritization; integration; ambition; human rights and
gender equality; and reporting) to review the SDG engagement of 76
of the world’s largest companies. It finds that while uptake of the
SDGs by companies is high, there is little evidence of the SDGs
changing companies’ sustainability strategies with regards to
priorities, ambition or transparency. The paper points to good
practice for how business can more effectively engage with the
SDGs.