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The UK’s food system - a tale of two halves

Our 2018 landmark report, Measuring up, showed that the UK was only performing well on 24% of the Sustainable Development Goal targets. As we work with our partners to accelerate progress on the Goals, UKSSD Network Director Emily Auckland explains why we’ve chosen to start with the UK’s broken food system.
Sustainable Development Goals necessary to fix UK’s broken food system

Nestlé, Nando’s, BaxterStorey, WWF, the Food Ethics Council and more join UKSSD’s new Food System Programme to switch-on the SDGs in the UK.
UKSSD's Food System programme

Our food system programme brings together our partners in the food and beverage sector because we know the food system isn't working and we want to work together to fix it.
Why how we work together is important

At our recent workshop with Bond, we helped people explore the importance of how we work together on the Sustainable Development Goals, rather than what we are trying to achieve. In this blog, UKSSD Network Director Emily Auckland shares her reflections on the event

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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The Sustainable Development Goals
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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.