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What is health? Sustainable Development Goal 3 in the UK

On World Health Day the World Health Organisation called on world leaders to live up to the pledges they made in 2015 when they agreed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this blog The Health Foundation explore how to achieve Goal 3 and what we mean by health in the UK.
Better Retail Better World: the bridge to 2030

To announce their partnership with UKSSD, Leah Riley Brown from the British Retail Consortium shares their new initiate Better Retail Better World, a piece of work that brings together and scales the actions of retailers to support the SDGs.
Why built environment professionals are on the frontline of healthcare

Sustainable Development Goal 3 seeks to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all. Bioregional’s Anthony Probert looks at why people building our homes and communities are well placed to help achieve this goal in the UK
A student perspective on the Sustainable Development Goals

What does it mean to be a future healthcare professional in the UK and to feel a sense of responsibility for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals? Meg Rawlins, Vet student at RVC and member of Students for Global Health explains.

The Sustainable Development Goals
Steering Group

The Steering Group are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the network and the strategic development of the network.
Driving action for the Sustainable Development Goals in the UK

There is currently no national plan for the Sustainable Development Goals in the UK. We’re going to create it. We've launched an ambitious project to produce the first stakeholder-led national plan for the UK.
What is sustainable development?
Measuring up - how the UK is performing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Work begins on the first comprehensive assessment of the UK’s performance against the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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DFID's approach to the SDGs in the UK and beyond

There is much to be welcomed in the government’s first attempt at outlining a UK response to the Sustainable Development Goals at home and abroad. Dr Graham Long explores what’s good, and what’s missing, on behalf of UKSSD.
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Open Letter to the Prime Minister

On the 16th January 2016 UKSSD coordinated an open letter to the Prime Minister which was published in The Times. Over 80 major businesses united to call on the Government to demonstrate its commitment to delivering the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the UK and overseas.