RMIT Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Project Presented by Renzo Mori Junior (RMIT Property Services) 2018 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme 12-16 November, 2018

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RMIT Sustainable
Development Goals
(SDGs) Project
Renzo Mori Jr.
ProSPER.Net Leadership 2018
13th November 2018

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Agenda
• United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)
• Examples
• RMIT alignment and engagement with SDGs
• RMIT SDGs Project

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Developed to address the main global
challengeswe face
• Result of a globalconsultationon “the
worldwewantby 2030”
• Adopted by the UN GeneralAssembly in
Sep 2015
• Signedby 193 countries
• Came into effect in January 2016

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Comprehensive set of 17 goals,169 targets
and 232 indicators
• Universal, applicableto developing and
developed countries
• Indivisible,can not be positionedin a
hierarchicalor prioritisationorder
• Goals are interconnected
• SDGs replaced the Millennium
Development Goals (2000 – 2015)

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
7.2 By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the
global energy mix
8.2.1 Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
9.5.1 Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP
12.5 By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention,
reduction, recycling and reuse

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
16.5 Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms
17.6.1 Number of science and/or technology cooperation agreements and
programmes between countries, by type of cooperation

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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• SDGs Index and Australia – an example

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
source: http://sdgindex.org/

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
source: http://sdgindex.org/

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
source: http://sdgindex.org/

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• The United Nations SDGs and Accountability
– an example

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
source: https://theconversation.com/business-leaders-arent-backing-up-their-promises-on-
sustainable-development-goals-88555
source: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/just-published-responsible-business-trends-report-2018

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• The United Nations SDGs and Indigenous
Peoples – an example

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SDGs and Indigenous Peoples – an example

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SDGs and Indigenous Peoples – an example
Office of the High Commission for Human Rights
and the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues, Division for Social Policy and
Development, UN Department of Economic and
Social Affairs
“Improvement compared to the MDG, where
indigenous peoples were largely invisible”
Listed elements in the framework of 2030 Agenda
relevant for indigenous peoples
source: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-
content/uploads/sites/19/2016/10/Briefing-Paper-on-Indigenous-Peoples-Rights-and-the-2030-Agenda.pdf

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SDGs and Indigenous Peoples – an example

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SDGs and Indigenous Peoples – an example
source: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-
content/uploads/sites/19/2016/10/Briefing-Paper-on-Indigenous-Peoples-Rights-and-the-2030-Agenda.pdf

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SDGs and Indigenous Peoples – an example
Land rights, poverty and hunger
source: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-
content/uploads/sites/19/2016/10/Briefing-Paper-on-Indigenous-Peoples-Rights-and-the-2030-Agenda.pdf

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SDGs and Indigenous Peoples – an example
Social security, health and
education
source: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-
content/uploads/sites/19/2016/10/Briefing-Paper-on-Indigenous-Peoples-Rights-and-the-2030-Agenda.pdf

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SDGs and Indigenous Peoples – an example
Environmental sustainability
source: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-
content/uploads/sites/19/2016/10/Briefing-Paper-on-Indigenous-Peoples-Rights-and-the-2030-Agenda.pdf

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SDGs and Indigenous Peoples – an example
Promoting inclusive and peaceful
societies and reducing inequalities
source: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-
content/uploads/sites/19/2016/10/Briefing-Paper-on-Indigenous-Peoples-Rights-and-the-2030-Agenda.pdf

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Agenda
• RMIT alignment and engagement with SDGs

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RMIT alignment and engagement with SDGs
source: https://ap-unsdsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/University-SDG-Guide_web.pdf

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Australian Government
committed and engaging
higher educationsector to
contribute
RMIT alignment and engagement with SDGs

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Agenda
• RMIT-wide SDGs Project

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Workplan and respective approach
Raising
Awareness
Our
Capabilities
Opportunities
Measuring
& Reporting
Integratedapproach to map
SDGs expertise, measure
impact and communicatethe
outcomes and opportunities
across Research

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More information
• RMIT’s Sustainability Annual Report 2017
• RMIT’s Annual Report 2017
• RMIT’s Reconciliation Action Plan
• Getting started with the SDGs in Universities Guideline
• Indigenous People’s Rights and the 2030 Agenda Briefing Note
• 2018 SDGs Index and Dashboard reports
• SDG Compass guidance for companies

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Thank you!