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Webinar: Measuring progress on the Sustainable Development Goals

Measuring our performance on the Sustainable Development Goals is critical if we’re to know how and where we’re making progress, or where more work is needed. Join speakers from the Office of National Statistics and Department for International Development on this webinar to find out about UK reporting on the SDGs.
The four things you need to know to get started with the Sustainable Development Goals

There’s a lot of information available on the Sustainable Development Goals. If you’re new to them, getting the basics right will make life a lot easier. Emily Auckland, UKSSD Network Director, shares four things you need to know
Partner view: Mike Hanson, BaxterStorey

To celebrate becoming UKSSD’s 100th Partner, we ask Mike Hanson, Head of Sustainable Business at BaxterStorey, what the Sustainable Development Goals mean to their business, the opportunity for the food service and hospitality sector and why they’ve joined UKSSD
Why we need to work with, and for, young people for the SDGs to succeed

On Friday 30 November 2018, thousands of school children in 30 cities and towns in Australia skipped school to protest about the Australian Government’s inadequate climate policies. In this blog Tara Walsh, Senior Learning Designer at MakeMatic, explains why young people hold the key to SDG success

Measuring up: How the UK is performing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals

UKSSD’s report, Measuring up, shows for the first time how the UK is performing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. And while there’s an enormous amount to celebrate, the most vulnerable people and places in our society are increasingly being left behind.
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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.
The Sustainable Development Goals can help the UK become a country for everyone

As UKSSD publishes a landmark report on the UK’s progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, Emily Auckland, Network Director, says the SDGs are a once in a lifetime opportunity to make the UK a country for everyone.
Government commit to reporting on SDGs to UN in 2019

Statement from our Co-chairs: We welcome the news that the Government intends to share it's progress on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in 2019.
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.