SDG consulting services
Integrating the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Link your sustainability strategy to global priorities. ECG helps businesses embed SDG targets into operations, metrics, and reporting.
Integrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into your sustainability strategy connects your business to global priorities. ECG’s SDG consulting services help organizations identify relevant goals, set measurable targets, and align their sustainability reporting with internationally recognized development frameworks like the 17 UN SDGs.
The Business Case for SDG Integration
Strategic SDG alignment demonstrates purpose, drives innovation, and builds credibility with customers, investors, and employees.
- Gain Competitive Advantage: Showcase commitment to global challenges such as climate action, gender equality, and responsible consumption.
- Improve Brand Image: Linking your initiatives to SDGs enhances reputation as a forward-thinking and socially responsible company.
- Support Investor Confidence: Many institutional investors now assess SDG alignment as part of ESG evaluation.
- Drive Long-Term Value: SDG-driven initiatives often reduce risk, foster innovation, and improve operational efficiency.
Our SDG Consulting & Integration Services
We guide your team through a structured process to embed the SDGs into your sustainability planning, operations, and reporting.
- Identify Relevant SDGs: Match your organization’s industry, mission, and impact areas to specific SDGs and targets.
- Align with Business Strategy: Translate SDGs into business goals, KPIs, and metrics that integrate into your ESG reporting frameworks (e.g. GRI, SASB).
- Develop Performance Indicators: Choose metrics that are measurable, feasible to track, and linked to real-world impact.
- Embed in Reporting: Incorporate selected goals and metrics into annual sustainability or impact reports.
- Communicate Your Impact: Present your SDG contributions in ways that resonate with stakeholders and demonstrate accountability.
Why Work with ECG?
Our approach turns the SDGs from marketing slogans into strategic, measurable drivers of sustainability and innovation.
- Custom Strategy Development: We tailor the SDG approach to your company’s values, operations, and stakeholder expectations.
- Framework Integration: Seamlessly incorporate SDG goals into existing ESG reporting and materiality processes.
- Clear Communication: Enhance transparency and impact storytelling with structured, verifiable SDG contributions.