一般社団法人グローバル・コンパクト・ネットワーク・ジャパン（GCNJ）および公益財団法人地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES＝アイジェス）は、国連の「持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）」について、日本企業の取り組み実態に関する最新の調査結果をとりまとめた、SDGs日本企業調査レポート2020年度版「コロナ禍を克服するSDGsとビジネス」を3月25日（木）に発刊しました。
5年目となる今回のレポートでは、GCNJ会員を対象としたアンケートで回答を得られた208企業・団体の調査結果と企業・団体トップへのヒアリング結果をもとに、GCNJ会員のSDGsに関する認知度や取り組み状況について5年間の進展度合いを分析するとともに、サステナビリティの観点から、コロナ禍でクローズアップされたビジネスや働き方の変化...
2021年3月25日にグローバル・コンパクト・ネットワーク・ジャパンとIGESが開催した「SDGs日本企業調査レポート2020年度版 出版記念オンラインセミナー」での報告資料です。
This article was originally published in KOSMOS 7 (2020), a publication of the Expo '90 Foundation.
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