Sustainserv: Analysis of Swiss companies' approach to the SDGs
Sustainserv analyzed the publicly reported approaches of 196 Swiss companies regarding engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), unfortunately most companies are only at the beginning in terms of addressing and reporting in detail on said goals.
Sustainserv examines how the Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs for short - are implemented in Swiss companies? Sustainserv answers this core question and other questions in its analysis of how Swiss companies deal with the SDGs. The result: Most companies are only just beginning to take the goals into account.
Scoring system for evaluation
To evaluate the companies' approaches, the consulting firm developed a scoring system that, on the one hand, allows companies to be compared regardless of size and industry, and, on the other hand, relates their approaches to what they consider to be the ideal - "best practice" - approach.
The analysis shows that at the moment there is still a discrepancy between good intentions and actual embedding of the SDGs in corporate practice. Much remains to be done to ensure that Swiss companies contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals: Only 30% of all assessed Swiss companies and 37% of companies reporting on sustainability address the SDGs.
The 58 Swiss companies that are visibly engaged with the SDGs also achieved on average only 40% of the maximum achievable score (9.2 out of 23 points). The companies are most active in prioritizing the SDGs relevant in their context. At the moment, the least developed are still company-specific goals on the SDGs, and the corresponding track record.
The SDGs most frequently prioritized by Swiss companies are:
- SDG 3: Good health care
- SDG 8: Good jobs and economic growth
- SDG 9: Innovation and infrastructure
- SDG 12: Responsible consumption
- SDG 13: Climate protection measures
This and other items reflect the intensity of engagement with the SDGs, type of corporate objective and quality of reporting on the SDGs. The detailed investigations of the present study can be found at here (English Text) study
