Abstract

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires redefining the purpose of business and scaling up their impact. However, there are challenges such as the gap between good intentions and real actions; conflict between the current economic system and SDG thinking; limited understanding of how business is embedded in society; and capacity constraints in developing countries to take full advantage of emerging.

By Izumi Ohno (JICA Research Institute) Kenichi Konya (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) Hiroaki Shiga (JICA Research Institute) Franklin Murillo (Social Progress Imperative) and Estefania Charvet (Southern Voice)