* Tania Gomes is director of innovation at the Ibrawork hub Ever heard of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Different countries of the world are working right now to solve the problems facing all nations. Just like entrepreneurs, anyone can help in this work by investing in ideas aligned with the […]
*Tania Gomes is director of innovation at the hub Ibrawork
Have you ever heard of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Different countries of the world are working right now to solve the problems facing all nations. Just like entrepreneurs, anyone can help in this work by investing in ideas that are in line with development goals.
The first step for anyone who is idealizing a startup is to look at the real needs of the market and think of an alternative to cure these pains. Much more than creating a profitable business, entrepreneurship can also engage in social issues.
But how do the SDGs apply to startups? The SDGs represent huge potential markets where there are real problems to solve. However, there is a lack of good solutions to actually fix them. In short, entrepreneurs can focus their business ideas on solving the SDGs. Therefore, I have mentioned a few tips where startups can take action on each of the 17 Goals to Transform the World by 2030. Check them out:
1. Eradication of poverty – End poverty in all its forms, everywhere.
The role of startups: engaging in projects that teach entrepreneurship; Promote social, green, solidarity enterprises and the inclusive economy; Creating accessible technologies for the poorest populations.
2. Zero hunger and sustainable agriculture – End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.
The role of startups: Increase research for the production of healthy foods; Reduce the prices of nutritious foods; Train the workforce in basic food preparation; Create innovative ways to enable access to expert knowledge to distant farmers;
3. Health and Wellness – Ensure healthy living and promote well-being for all, at all ages
The role of startups: Creation of technologies aimed at physical and mental health; Sustain a healthy environment for its employees; Encourage the creation of programs that support healthy activities.
4. Quality education – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
The role of startups: Create educational platforms accessible to the simplest population; Create and improve basic school equipment; Reinventing teaching and reading material in other formats; Develop technology-based programs to train public school teachers; Create mechanisms that allow access to libraries, video libraries or play libraries in communities, schools or social organizations.
5. Gender equality – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
The Role of Startups: Building Businesses with Women on the Board of Trustees. Create opportunities for the inclusion of female workers in alternative activities considered male; Training of women for management positions; Strengthen the importance of fairness in teams, through clear and enforceable policies.
6. Drinking water and sanitation – Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
The role of startups: Create solutions and programs to rationalize the use of water; Making operational tools to preserve and revitalize the water system and able to permanently monitor the reservoirs.
7. Cheap and clean energy – Ensuring reliable, sustainable, modern and affordable access to energy for all.
The role of startups: Reduce energy consumption; Develop solutions able to improve energy efficiency; Develop technologies for the constant maintenance of equipment.
8. Decent work and economic growth – Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
The role of startups: Support solutions that involve professional improvement; Promote entrepreneurship education; Offer technologies that increase the productivity of companies.
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure – Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
The role of startups: creating businesses that can reduce company inventories; Reduce waste in the production process; Promote process automation; Stimulate the use of applications to increase productivity; Optimize the use of natural resources.
10. Reduction of inequalities – Reduce inequalities within and between countries.
The role of startups: investing in projects that analyze and improve the infrastructure of the suburbs; Including women and the elderly in the digital age; Promote the rights of immigrants and other minorities in all environments, including the startup itself.
11. Sustainable cities and communities – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
The role of startups: solutions that increase the accessibility of minorities to public facilities; Promote, through technology, the development of safety and citizenship actions in the communities; Create tools that improve the infrastructure of cities.
12. Responsible consumption and production – Ensure sustainable production and consumption patterns.
The role of startups: Building digital platforms capable of promoting food donation and reducing waste; Find creative ways to reduce the use of packaging, dispose of waste properly and reduce the use of pesticides in food crops.
13. Action against global climate change – Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
The role of startups: discovering new ways to reduce the consumption of polluting products; Contribute to the use of renewable fuels; Stimulate the use of applications to control noise pollution and other pollution; Support the control of emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide and other polluting gases
14. Aquatic life – Conserve and promote the sustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
The role of startups: Creation of technology to denounce people/companies that throw waste into rivers; Investigate new ways to improve sanitation in cities; Support solutions that promote the proper disposal of cooking oil.
15. Terrestrial life – Protect, restore and promote the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation and halt loss.
The role of startups: to encourage the purchase of certified raw materials; Install less polluting equipment; Encourage agriculture to make use of technology, both in crop rotation and agricultural planting; or in projects to reduce desertification and land degradation.
16. Peace, justice and effective institutions – Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
The role of startups: Creating technologies that can act in the prevention of violence; Create applications that help fight the insecurity of the population; Ensure health care for women victims of domestic violence; Carry out adequate training and preparation of the professional figures who must provide assistance to women victims of violence; Empowering women in situations of social vulnerability
17. Partnerships and means of implementation – Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
The role of startups: Create banks of social projects to work in the poorest areas; Adopt the Global Compact Principles; Seek resources for training, technology and other investments for sustainable local development.
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Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
