Shaping tomorrow: The 2,000 most influential companies for the SDGs

The private sector holds a fundamental responsibility in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our benchmarks focus on the world’s 2,000 most influential companies with the greatest potential to positively and negatively impact the systems in which they operate.

In this report we illustrate why these 2,000 influential companies – the SDG2000 – are critical for achieving the SDGs. Second, it demonstrates the breadth of the SDG2000 and their impact on people and the planet. Highlighting the substantial footprints of these companies provides essential context for WBA benchmarks and focuses attention on corporate accountability for accelerating sustainable development. This is particularly timely given the recent adoption of the United Nation’s Pact for the Future calling on ‘the private sector, especially large corporations, to contribute to sustainability and protecting our planet and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.’ Third, the report addresses challenges companies face in understanding and quantifying their contributions to the SDGs.