What are the Sustainable Development Goals?

The concept of sustainable development originated from the 1987 United Nations Commission report "Our Common Future", also known as the Brundtland Report, and it was based on two main pillars. On the one hand, it emphasized the importance of intergenerational equity, the notion that our generation should use resources in a way that does not affect the standard of living of future generations. On the other hand, sustainable development has three dimensions, since it affects not only the economy, but also the environment and society.

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Since the concept first appeared, our understanding of sustainability has evolved. It was not until 2015, with the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations, that a plan was defined to achieve a sustainable future on a global scale. In this agenda, 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were created as a guide for the 193 member countries to fight poverty while making a fair distribution of the world's resources. Since then, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has become the most comprehensive roadmap for how the world's resources should be shared through a commitment to economic, environmental and social sustainability.

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• Economic sustainability stresses the need to establish long-term economic growth without creating negative impacts on the environment or society.
• Environmental sustainability recognizes the limitation of resources and requires that demand remains within the overall supply of resources. 
• Social sustainability recognizes the existence of fundamental human rights and demands that they are respected worldwide.

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To achieve all three, the participation of governments, businesses and civil society in the creation and implementation of more ambitious goals is necessary. Additionally, the SDGs are interconnected and interdependent, so they should be considered holistically and not as separate goals.

17 Sustainable Development Goals 

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At Dcycle we want to contribute to achieving the United Nations 2030 Agenda. To meet these goals, we help companies in their transformation towards environmental sustainability, establishing the foundations to achieve SDGs 6,7,12,13,14 and 15. Find out more about how we do it here.