The 17 SDGs explicitly call on businesses to use creativity and innovation to address development challenges and recognize the need for governments to encourage sustainability reporting.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals constitute a universal, integrated and transformative vision for a sustainable world. For the goals to be reached, the UN General Secretary has called on everyone to do their part: governments, the private sector, and civil society. They explicitly call on businesses to use creativity and innovation to address development challenges and recognize the need for governments to encourage sustainability reporting (United Nations, 2024).