Global Goals Week: a week of joint action to advance Global Goals

Acting together for SDG

Global Goals Week is a joint effort to optimise the impact of events and actions organised during the UN General Assembly week and to advance the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), also known as Global Goals. This year’s Global Goals Week will be held 16-23 September, with events and activations taking place in New York and around the world, all of which will be connected in social media conversations using the common hashtag #GlobalGoals.

This year, the week is positionned as a strong platform for collective action in support of the SDGs, maximizing the impact of a variety of events, public activations, and digital surges that are all designed to raise awareness and spur progress toward achievement of the global goals.

Launched in 2016 by Project Everyone, UNPD (United Nations Development Programme) and the United Nations Foundation, Global Goals Week brings people, governments, companies, international organisations from civil society and other partners together during the opening of the United Nations General Assembly which takes place in September each year, to continue driving and nurturing ideas to increase awareness and stimulate progress towards reaching global goals.

17 commitments to change the world

In line with the 17 SDGs, the BNP Paribas Group’s CSR strategy aims to help build a more sustainable world and plays a full part in reaching these goals. Our strategy not only addresses the challenges of economic growth, but also the inclusion of the most vulnerable members of society and the preservation of resources. To further reinforce its action, the Group assesses its contribution to reaching SDGs and develops new products and services to achieve these goals.

Its action focuses on 6 major areas:

• Products with a positive impact
• Protection of Human Rights and the biosphere
  
• Climate
  
• Financial inclusion
  
• Ethics
  
• Diversity and training
  

Header Photo: Mafikizolo raised a flag to represent Goal 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth, at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, South Africa, to support the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
Credit: Nicki Priem