SDGs: a roadmap for a sustainable future
Since their launch in 2015, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals have provided all stakeholders—the private sector included—with a clear lens through which to translate global needs and ambitions into business solutions.
Tires keep the world moving. The tire sector and its value chain have a vital role to play in environmentally friendly, safe, efficient and accessible mobility for all. TIP followed the three-step process outlined in WBCSD’s SDG Sector Roadmap Guidelines to explore, articulate and realize a shared vision for the sector to contribute to the SDGs. The tire sector interacts with all 17 SDGs; however, this Roadmap focuses on areas where the sector has the greatest potential to lead, influence and accelerate SDG action.
As such, we identified eight SDGs as priorities and where the sector can have the highest impact through multi-stakeholder action – with SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) and 12 (responsible consumption and 1 production) mapping against the Roadmap actions most frequently.
Explore the links below to discover where the tire-sector can have the greatest positive impact on the SDGs.
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By 2030, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.
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By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, and children in vulnerable situations.
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Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.
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By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity, and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
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Improve progressively through 2030 global resource efficiency in consumption and production, and endeavor to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation in accordance with the 10-year framework of programs on sustainable consumption and production with developed countries taking the lead.
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By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities. Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending.
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Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of the outcome, including through eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and actions in this regard. Adopt policies especially fiscal, wage, and social protection policies and progressively achieve greater equality
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By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources. By 2030, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment. By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse. Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle. By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.
