Leading Corporations Continue to Make Strides in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals

The SDGs can empower investors on both profit and impact

January 24, 2019. Davos. 

Companies are increasingly recognizing the importance – for their businesses and for the world – of demonstrating their commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, according new research from Media Tenor International presented in the 2019 edition of its SCR500 report.

“The Sustainable Development Goals offer a unique roadmap not just to corporate responsibility but also to impact investing opportunities,” says Roland Schatz, founder and CEO of Media Tenor. “Over time, companies that excel the most in terms of their profits, people, customers, and innovations, will also be those companies that understand that in order to be successful, they must truly help contribute to making the world a better place.”       

At Media Tenor’s SDG Lab at the World Economic Forum, experts discussed the impact and opportunities created by these trends. The speakers included the President of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi; Taina Tukiainen from Finalnd’s Aalto University; Vitaly Vanshelboim, the COO of UNOPS; James Zhan, Director, UNCTAD; and Cui Wantian, the founder of China’s Quadia Wealth Advisors.

Partnering with the UNGSII, Media Tenor's SCR500 2019 provides a scientific perspective that helps corporate leaders and investors understand the progress the corporate sector has made on the SDGs and the significant potential that remains. This research looks at all 7,190,382 reports on international TV news and in opinion-leading business print media, January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2019 and all 443,398 statements in the annual reports of 500 leading corporations.

For over 21 years Media Tenor's mission has been to contribute to objective, diverse, and newsworthy media content by bringing together the diverse parties. Media Tenor's global research projects include analyses of election campaigns, investor relations, public diplomacy, corporate communications and other topics critical to news makers and news audiences.

The UNGSII foundation was created to assist and accelerate the process of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 through transformation, empowerment, and celebration.

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