The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – Essential for CPR
Yesterday I attended a briefing delivered by colleagues of mine at WHP who have very recently sat and passed their Chartered Professional Review (CPR) with the ICE. Lots of advice was given but I thought one piece that stood out as a quick win was with regards to attribute 7 (sustainable development). Several of my colleagues explained that they were asked about sustainable elements of their projects with direct reference to how they aligned with the 17 UN sustainable development goals.
I have included an infographic below which lists the goals and I’ve also attached the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which adds a bit more meat to the list in the image. Richard has mentioned these to me a couple of times too so in preparation for the ICE CPR it’s probably worth learning them (if anyone can think of a 17 character CDRILS equivalent to remember them please let me know!).
The link to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development report is below:
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Jordan, here at Arup SDGs are part of the daily conversation. Each job we win is associated with SDGs when it is announced across the office. It is definitely something I think we should champion in the Corps. There are some interesting COP26 and SDG discussions on the NCE podcasts.
Jordan, I was also thinking how to remember all of them! I thought the headings within the 2030 agenda provided a good summary – the 5P’s. You could argue over which goals fall in to which category but it helps to remember the overall aims at least.
Target Areas UN Goal
People 1,2,3,4
Planet 13,14,15
Prosperity 8,9,11,12
Peace 5,6,7,10,16
Partnership 17