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The latest business report on achieving SDG 2: Zero Hunger

17 October 202218 October 2021 by SEO Transcendent

This third edition of the Access to Seeds Index o Access to Seeds Index, assesses 67 companies for their efforts to make their products available to smallholder farmers in three regions: South and Southeast Asia, East and Southern Africa, and West and Central Africa.

The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has published the results of this year's Access to Seeds Index. This index assesses the contribution of agricultural companies to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger. The index shows the performance of 32 large companies in West and Central Africa and 32 companies in Eastern and Southern Africa.

As smallholder farmers are the main food producers in lower income countries, their access to good quality seed of improved varieties is an essential element in ensuring that people in these regions have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food. Seed companies play a key role in ensuring this access.

The Access to Seeds Index 2021 shows that, as a whole, companies are offering diversified crop portfolios with more resilient crops to support smallholder farmers facing climate change. Compared to 2019, more companies have been identified as investing in good agronomic practices for smallholder farmers to increase crop yields.

Improved management has also been identified due to the use of new technologies to communicate with small-scale farmers in remote areas, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is a lack of training programmes targeting the new generation of farmers, especially women.

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Sustainable Development Goals developed by a company

17 October 202220 September 2021 by SEO Transcendent

The Insights team at B Lab Global has just published SDG Insight Report 2021a report that looks at where companies are prioritising their actions around the SDGs, how they are performing and what they are looking to improve.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The measures on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by business risk stagnating. At the same time, the challenges facing the planet are getting worse, meaning that business performance towards achieving the SDGs is falling further and further behind. With less than a decade to achieve them, a course correction is needed, and business has a critical role to play in accelerating the pace of achieving the SDGs.

The Insights team of B Lab Global has produced a report taking an in-depth look at where companies are prioritising their actions on the SDGs, how they are being implemented and what they are looking to improve.

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Among the conclusions of the report, it is worth highlighting the confirmation that companies need to be more ambitious and strategic in their actions on the Sustainable Development Goals if we hope to achieve them by 2030.

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Government approves 2021 Progress Report

19 December 202111 June 2021 by SEO Transcendent

Spain to report to the United Nations on progress achieved

The Council of Ministers has approved the Progress Report 2021The Spanish Sustainable Development Strategy 2030, a package of measures that includes the 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy, as a tool to achieve Spain's compliance with the Agenda 2030.

This document will allow Spain to report to the United Nations on the progress made in the framework of the implementation of the Action Plan approved in 2018 and on the future commitments to accelerate its fulfilment, as set out in the 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy.

This accountability will take place in the framework of the second Voluntary National Review that Spain will undergo next July.

The 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy specifies eight major challenges facing us today and the accelerating sustainable development policies that need to be put in place to address them.

The eight great challenges facing our country

Specifically, the main challenges facing our country have been identified as poverty and inequality; the climate and environmental emergency; the gender inequality gap and discrimination; the inefficiencies of the economic system; job insecurity; the crisis of public services; global injustice and threats to human rights and democratic principles; and the situation of the rural environment, among others.

To meet these challenges, the government must implement a series of concrete policies between now and 2030, which are set out in the document.

Our country committed in 2015 to implement the 2030 Agenda to improve people's lives, the natural environment in which we live and our relationship with it, and to strengthen our public institutions and services.

Almost six years after its approval, the 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy aims to set the path for Spain to fulfil its commitment in the coming years.

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Green Paper on purpose-driven business

19 December 20218 June 2021 by SEO Transcendent

The Foundation B Lab Spain, the driving force behind the B Corp movement in Spain, and law firm Gabeiras and Associates have presented the Green Paper on purpose-driven businessThe project was developed in collaboration with multiple actors in the impact ecosystem.

This presentation was the first step towards promoting the legal recognition of the economic and business model with purpose in Spain. A business model that, beyond generating economic benefits, seeks above all to generate social and environmental value.

The current economic system, far from generating shared value, has concentrated profit and, as a consequence, has generated serious social imbalances and environmental damage. Faced with this situation, the Green Paper on companies with purpose calls for the creation of a legal figure, the Benefit and Common Interest Companies (SBIC), which identifies and legally recognises those companies that meet the most demanding standards in terms of social, environmental, transparency and good corporate governance.

This legal recognition is fundamental to stimulate the development in Spain of a business model aimed at generating value for society and the planet, beyond its own economic benefits.

This legal recognition is also intended to increase the transformative potential of the economy towards a just transition.

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"The Heart of Business", the new book by Best Buy's CEO

19 December 20211 June 2021 by SEO Transcendent

How to transform and refloat a company by leading from purpose

Hubert Joly, former CEO of Best Buy and the architect of the American company's dramatic turnaround, presents his personal guide to achieving extraordinary results by putting people and purpose at the heart of the business.

What does "The Heart of Business" teach us?

In 2012, "Everyone thought we were going to die," says Joly. Eight years later, Best Buy was transformed when Joly and his team made the company one of the nation's employers of choice, dramatically increased customer satisfaction and dramatically increased Best Buy's stock price. They also succeeded in making Best Buy a leader in sustainability and innovation. At The Heart of Business o The heart of businessJoly shares the philosophy behind Best Buy's resurgence: pursue a noble purpose, put people at the centre of the business, create an environment where all employees can grow and treat profit as an outcome, not the goal.

This approach is easy to understand, but putting it into practice is not so easy. It requires radically rethinking how we view work, how we define companies, how we motivate and how we lead. In this book, Joly shares memorable stories, lessons and practical advice, all drawn from his own personal transformation from a hard-nosed McKinsey consultant to a leader who believes in human magic.

The Heart of Business o The heart of business is a guide for leaders willing to abandon old paradigms and lead with purpose and humanity. It shows how we can reinvent capitalism and contribute to a sustainable future.

"Integrating the SDGs into corporate reporting: a practical guide".

17 October 20227 October 2020 by SEO Transcendent

The report, published by the UN Global Compact and GRI, helps companies to identify and prioritise their SDG targets, take action and report on their progress. This approach enables the integration of the SDGs into existing corporate responsibility and sustainability reporting programmes.

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The contribution of Spanish companies to the Sustainable Development Goals

20 September 202320 September 2020 by SEO Transcendent

Third ESADE report on the contribution of Spanish companies to the SDGs

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