The economics of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: does sustainability make financial sense?
Abstract The implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is a global priority, but one whose full implementation is vulnerable to the high costs associated with it. This raises the question: does the implementation of the SDGs make financial sense? This article addresses this question and...
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| author | Walter Leal Filho Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis Salvador Ruiz-de-Maya Federica Doni João Henrique Eustachio Julia Swart Arminda Paço |
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| description | Abstract The implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is a global priority, but one whose full implementation is vulnerable to the high costs associated with it. This raises the question: does the implementation of the SDGs make financial sense? This article addresses this question and outlines the need to raise awareness of the economic benefits of implementing the global goals. Further, it presents and discusses the main financial gaps to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f52fb1fa656456c93e180418d029bbb2022-12-22T00:32:34ZengSpringerDiscover Sustainability2662-99842022-06-01311810.1007/s43621-022-00088-5The economics of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: does sustainability make financial sense?Walter Leal Filho0Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis1Salvador Ruiz-de-Maya2Federica Doni3João Henrique Eustachio4Julia Swart5Arminda Paço6Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), University Fernando Pessoa (UFP)Marketing Department, University of MurciaDepartment of Business and Law, University of Milano-BicoccaSchool of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP)Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht UniversityNECE-UBI (Research Centre for Business Sciences), Universidade da Beira InteriorAbstract The implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is a global priority, but one whose full implementation is vulnerable to the high costs associated with it. This raises the question: does the implementation of the SDGs make financial sense? This article addresses this question and outlines the need to raise awareness of the economic benefits of implementing the global goals. Further, it presents and discusses the main financial gaps to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-022-00088-5Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)Economic impactInvestmentSDG financing |
| spellingShingle | Walter Leal Filho Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis Salvador Ruiz-de-Maya Federica Doni João Henrique Eustachio Julia Swart Arminda Paço The economics of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: does sustainability make financial sense? Discover Sustainability Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Economic impact Investment SDG financing |
| title | The economics of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: does sustainability make financial sense? |
| title_full | The economics of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: does sustainability make financial sense? |
| title_fullStr | The economics of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: does sustainability make financial sense? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The economics of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: does sustainability make financial sense? |
| title_short | The economics of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: does sustainability make financial sense? |
| title_sort | economics of the un sustainable development goals does sustainability make financial sense |
| topic | Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Economic impact Investment SDG financing |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-022-00088-5 |
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