UN Sustainable Development GoalsCHOOSING THE RIGHT MEASURES FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Alexis Fish, BlackbaudTiffany Washington, DTE Energy

Alexis Fish Tiffany WashingtonSENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST IMPACT AND INTEGRATION LEAD

2030 Agenda

“The Change We Need to Make to Achieve a Sustainable Future:

Thinking Beyond Issues and Sectors to People.”

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Kathy Calvin, UN Foundation

Understanding the Goals

https://www.sdgmapping.ch/

Drill down map

Drill down map

What is Happening Now

https://unstats.un.org

What is Happening Now

What is Happening Now

Over 85% of the largest 500 global corporations now disclose non-

financial information on the United Nations Sustainable Development

Goals as part of their legally-binding annual financial report.

https://www.ungsii.org

Who is using the SDGs

• Corporations• Financial Advisors• Foundations• Nonprofit Organizations• NGOs

https://www.ungsii.org

Foundation Distribution Trends

https://sdgfunders.org

How can you adopt the SDGs

Finding the Right Measures for You

Getting involved with the SDGs

Partner with the UN

SDGs at Blackbaud

Blackbaud’s Role

https://sdgfunders.org

SDGs in Action at Blackbaud“The Sustainable Development Goals are designed to be integrated…If these challenges are interlinked and interdependent, then the way we work and the solutions we develop must be integrated.”

Playing to win as a teamAligning Corporate Social Responsibility with the United Nations

Sustainable Development Goals

October 15, 2019

SDG Compass for Businesses¹

251. SDG Compass – The guide for business action on the SDGs

01 Understanding the SDGsAs a first step, companies are assisted in familiarizing themselves with the SDGs.

02 Defining prioritiesCompanies are encouraged to define their priorities based on an assessment of their current and potential impact on the SDGs across their value chains.

03 Setting goals Goal setting is critical to business success and helps foster shared priorities and better performance. By aligning company goals with the SDGs, the leadership can demonstrate its commitment to sustainable development.

04 Integrating Integrating sustainability across all functions within the company is key to achieving set goals. Companies are increasingly engage in partnerships within their sector or with governments and civil society organizations.

05 Reporting and communicating The SDGs enable companies to report information on sustainable development performance using common indicators and a shared set of priorities. Companies are encouraged to build the SDGs into their communications and reports.

Understand the landscape

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Define priorities

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Long-term transformation

Near-term progress

Quantifiable deliverables

Required actions

Required resources

Clearly defined goals improves metric quality streamlines work & resources

Execution

Planning

Impact Outcomes Outputs Activities Resources / Inputs

DTE Energy: A Force for Growth

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Set goals and integrate

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ReportPartners submit metrics which track:

• Progress toward short-term outcomes

• Progress toward long-term systemic impact

Next Steps – Further integration

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a force forgrowth & prosperity

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Resources and Benchmarking

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