World Benchmarking Alliance launched during UN GA High Level Week
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the milestones marking the path towards the future we want. Collectively, they provide one of the most ambitious yet achievable agendas the world has ever set. Delivering these goals and their targets will help to ensure all people can live in dignity and collectively succeed in preserving our environment. On Thursday the 21st of September in the appropriate surroundings of the wonderful New York Library the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) was launched. It is an initiative of AVIVA, the Index Initiative, the United Nations Foundation and the Business and Sustainable Development Commission . It has already a growing number of allies including WWF, IDB Latin American Bank, Nordea, eat, Investec, WBCSD, and the Global Foundation. The WBA will rank companies based on their sustainability performance and contributions towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As the CEO of AVIAV said in his opening remarks it